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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
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
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 *