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Plant Chamaemelum nobile (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Garden Camomile; Perennial Camomile; Roman Camomile
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALUMINUM 5 Flower not available 27.0 -1.25 Duke, 1992 *
ANTHEMIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHEMOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-APIOSYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE-(2',3')-DIACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGETRIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Flower not available 267.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Flower not available 62000.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
AZULENE 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Flower not available 2.2 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-COPAENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-DAMASCENONE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineuropathic? 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 4 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 5 Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychyotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.