7. Antioxidant activity
Antioxidants are used in the food industry to increase the shelf-life of the foods. Coriander, like many spices, contains antioxidants, which can delay or prevent the spoilage of food seasoned with this spice. Shahwar et al. showed that the CSEO (500 µg) had significant radical scavenging activity (RSA: 66.48%) in comparison with CLEO (500 µg) having RSA of 73%, while the methanol extracts of both seed and leaves, at 500 µg/mL, showed RSA of 64.40% and 72.19% respectively. Sriti et al. reported that the methanolic extracts of coriander fruits showed better antioxidant activity than EOs. and the 2.2-diphenyl-1-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH) RSA scavenging ability of methanolic extracts of coriander.