Plant Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
SABINENE	5	Fruit	1.0	83.0	-0.51	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SABINENE	5	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	1400.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
SACCHAROSE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SCOPOLETIN	44	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	308.0	430.0	-0.14	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM	1	Leaf	940.0	7581.0	0.70	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
STARCH	5	Fruit	not available	100000.0	-0.30	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	1100.0	1207.0	-0.20	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Fruit	not available	180.0	1.32	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUCROSE	14	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Fruit	not available	200000.0	-0.06	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
SYRINGALDEHYDE	4	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Fruit	6.0	80.0	-0.35	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	13800.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary	2	Duke, 1992 *