Importance of Coriander (Coriandrum Sativum L.) Between the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Today, public desire for community has increased the use of medicinal plants are the reasons become more wealthy societies, changes in the culture of nutrition, to show the destructive effects of chemical drugs, increased use of trust in communities and industrial plants and environmental pollution; so that the use of plants is important in most developed countries as a norm for health. The medicinal and aromatic plants have been an integral part of our daily life for thousands of years. There are cave paintings in which medicinal and aromatic herbs are depicted. To this day, modern research continues to discover health benefits of plants while illustrating the importance of preserving our ecosystem. The medicinal and aromatic plants are an accessible, affordable and culturally appropriate source of primary health care for more than 80% of world's population. Coriander is important among the plants due to the essential oil is used in the pharmaceutical industry, cosmetics and health and food productions. Therefore the objective of this article is to show the use of coriander in daily life people that it has been used centuries ago in the human nutrition.