Introduction to Handbook of Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) Chemistry, Functionality, and Applications

• Published in: Handbook of Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) Vol. 1; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Author: Ramadan, Mohamed Fawzy
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: CRC Press 2023
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Sativum Volatile Oil; Sativum Seed; petroselinic acid; Coriander Essential Oil; therapeutic traits; Coriander Leaves; Vitamin B12; International Scientific Literature; Family Apiaceae; COVID-19; Family Umbelliferae; Acta Horticulturae; Volatile Oil Industry; ethnopharmacology; Bornyl Acetate; food chemistry; USA; Journal Of Agricultural Sciences; traditional medicine; Tonnes; Natural Food Preservative; Coriander Seeds; Apiaceae; Coriandrum Sativum; Monoterpenoid Compound; United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; Essential Oil; SDGs; Bioactive Phytochemicals; Functional food
• ISBN: 9781032068527; 1032068523; 9781032069333; 1032069333
• DOI: 10.1201/9781003204626-1

Medicinal plants, spices, herbs, and plant-based natural products are widely used in traditional medicine for disease prevention. Coriandrum sativum (coriander, family Apiaceae/Umbelliferae) is considered for its uses in nutraceuticals and herbal medicine. Coriander cultivation and production are affected by climatic, genetic, and agronomic factors. Coriandrum sativum fruits, seeds, leaves, and stems have long been used as a spice. Different parts of C. sativum are rich in bioactive phytochemicals such as phenolics, fatty acids, vitamins, tocols, phenylpropenes, terpenoids, iso-coumarins, and sterols. These bioactive compounds are responsible for C. sativum biological traits, including antidiabetic, anticancer, and analgesic impacts. Furthermore, Coriandrum sativum is considered a novel food because of its wide range of functional traits. Coriandrum sativum and its monoterpenoid compound, linalool, are drug candidates for treating inflammation and metabolic syndrome. Besides, C. sativum and its extracts (i.e., essential oil, fixed oil, and crude extract) exhibited hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, anxiolytic, antimigraine, anticonvulsant, neuroprotective, diuretic, analgesic, hypotensive, and antioxidant traits. This handbook provides information about Coriandrum sativum cultivation, botanical and ethnobotanical aspects, therapeutic uses, chemical profile, food and non-food uses, and pharmacological impacts. Handbook of Coriander (Coriandrum sativum): Chemistry, Functionality, and Applications contains chapters under five main sections, namely: (1) coriander: cultivation, composition, and applications, (2) coriander leaves: chemistry, technology, functionality, and applications, (3) coriander fixed oil: chemistry, technology, functionality, and applications, (4) coriander essential oil: chemistry, technology, functionality, and applications, and (5) coriander extracts: chemistry, technology, functionality, and applications. Medicinal plants, spices, herbs, and plant-based natural products are widely used in traditional medicine for disease prevention. Coriandrum sativum (coriander, family Apiaceae/Umbelliferae) is considered for its uses in nutraceuticals and herbal medicine. Coriander cultivation and production are affected by climatic, genetic, and agronomic factors. Coriandrum sativum fruits, seeds, leaves, and stems have long been used as a spice. The consumption of spices, medicinal plants, and herbs rich in health-enhancing phytoconstituents might expand consumers' life span. The abundant manifestation of bioactivity of phytoconstituents in medicinal plants, herbs, and spices makes them natural active compounds. New plant-based products with functional traits could be designed to enhance human health. Current innovations will affect the way the authors eat in the future. Novel nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals have been developed from spices, herbs, and medicinal plants.