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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
EUCANNABINOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESENE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL 17 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Flower not available 39000.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Flower not available 72000.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-D 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERNIARIN 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-ACETATE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-BUTYRATE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYISONOBILIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL 8 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Flower not available 170.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
ISOAMYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOAMYL-ANGELATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOAMYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOAMYL-PROPIONATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Differentiator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant 2 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epileptigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 13 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 11 Duke, 1992 *