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Common Names
Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 23200.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ANGELICIN | 17 | 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. |
| ANGELICIN | 17 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| ARGININE | 14 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | not available | 920.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 780.0 | 6290.0 | 0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 19000.0 | 153000.0 | 0.60 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 6000.0 | 6600.0 | -1.24 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZOIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 8.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BERGAPTEN | 26 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 29.0 | 228.0 | -0.15 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | 1600.0 | 55470.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Fruit | 1.0 | 13.0 | -0.47 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| 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 * |