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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.
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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Collagen-Sparing 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Convulsant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Counterirritant 1 Martindale's 29th
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 4 Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Decongestant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Degranulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Dentifrice 1 Martindale's 29th
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Detoxicant 2 Duke, 1992 *