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
ETHYL-MYRISTATE	1	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-MYRISTATE	1	Fruit	12.0	153.0	1.00	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-PALMITATE	1	Fruit	46.0	598.0	1.41	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-PENTADECANOATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-PENTEDECANOATE	0	Fruit	0.0	5.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-STEARATE	0	Fruit	42.0	546.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-UNDECANOATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	110000.0	210000.0	0.96	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	6000.0	50000.0	-0.13	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	11.0	-1.38	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	291000.0	319000.0	1.67	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER	15	Leaf	16000.0	129000.0	-0.40	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FRUCTOSE	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FURFUROL	0	Fruit	not available	60000.0	1.00	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GAMMA-SITOSTEROL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Fruit	762.0	2626.0	-0.17	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	40800.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANIAL	13	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	1300.0	not available	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 *