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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-LINALOOL 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-4(R)-BETA-HYDROXY-PHENETHYL-FERULIC-ACID 0 Plant 3.0 *
(-)-BORNEOL 3 Essential Oil *
(R)-LINALOOL 0 Essential Oil *
(S)-(+)-LINALOOL 0 Essential Oil *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Seed Essent. Oil 13780.0 -1.00 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHANE-1,2-DIOL 0 Plant 4.0 *
2-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-2-METHOXY-ETHANOL 0 Plant 12.0 *
2-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHANOL 0 Plant 0.2 *
2-DODECANAL 0 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
2-DODECANAL 0 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
3',4'-DIMETHOXYQUERCETIN 0 Leaf *
3'-METHOXY-QUERCETIN 0 Leaf *
3,6-UNDECADIENAL 0 Leaf 342.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-O-METHYLKAEMPFEROL 0 Fruit Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
3-OCTENAL 0 Leaf 97.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Plant 0.9 *
5,8-TRIDECADIENAL 0 Leaf 561.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
5-DECENAL 0 Leaf 101.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidiuretic 1 *
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric 2 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 *
Antidyskinetic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 *
Antidyspeptic 1 *
Antidysphagic 1 *
AntiEBV 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 11 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 3 *
Antiemetic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.