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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
PHOSPHORUS 4 Flower not available 3220.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
PINENE 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PINOCAMPHONE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POLYACETYLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Flower not available 13200.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
PROPYL-ANGELATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Flower not available 115000.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
QUECIMERITRIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETRIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Flower not available 4.3 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Flower not available 31.0 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Flower not available 2580.0 0.90 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 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
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 *