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Plant Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
VERATRIC-ACID 0 Plant not available 0.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 86000.0 112000.0 -2.86 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf not available 73000.0 -3.67 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 34.0 52.0 0.65 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
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 2 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *