Medicinal Exploitation of Coriandrum sativum L.

Abstract

Coriandrum sativum L. is a potential herb that is commonly known as coriander or Chinese parsley is being possessed to have various medicinal properties. Almost all the parts of the herb have been examined for its effectiveness in various human diseases such as migraine, hypertension and diabetes specifically. The diseases considered for the current review are migraine, hypertension and diabetes, which are highly prevalent as well as major co-morbidity for other clinical conditions. The extracts of different parts of C. sativum have been identified to have roles in treating and managing migraine, hypertension and diabetes. The genetic inter-relationship of C. sativum with the diseases are also being discussed in this review. The literature surf was done in platforms for the journals life science and medicinal research using the keywords C. sativum, herbal medicine, anti-diabetic, anti-hypertensive, migraine, genetics etc. The results obtained through the clinical trials conducted by various researchers globally were satisfactorily acceptable in treating these diseases along with some other diseases to a certain extent, whereas the genetic studies were insignificant. Henceforth, the current literature review highlights the medicinal exploitation of C. sativum in accordance with the treatment and management of migraine, hypertension and diabetes.