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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
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
MAO-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
MAPK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Myoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 9 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 5 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *