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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

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-SELINENE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-1,3-DIYL-1-((Z)-2'-METHYL-2'-BUTENOATE)-3-ISOB... 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-ANGELATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Flower not available 6720.0 0.26 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Flower not available 785000.0 0.67 Duke, 1992 *
CHAMAZULENE 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Flower not available 6.0 1.47 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Flower not available 58.0 2.61 Duke, 1992 *
CYCLODODECANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-3-METHYL-PENTANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROMATRICARIA-ESTER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EN-YN-DICYCLOETHER 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 6000.0 17500.0 0.59 Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPSILON-1-(2,6-DIMETHYLPHENYL)-2-BUTEN-1-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 4 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 17 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 7 Martindale's 28th
Candidistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *