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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
(-)-BUTANE-1,3-DIYL-1-((Z)-2'-METHYL-2'-BUTENOATE)-3-ISOB... 0 Plant *
1,10-EPOXYNOBILIN 1 Plant *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant *
2,3-DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Plant *
2-METHYL-2-PROPYL-ANGELATE 0 Plant *
2-METHYL-BUTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant *
2-METHYL-PROPANE-1,3-DIYL-1-(Z)-2'-METHYL-2'BUTEONATE... 0 Plant *
2-METHYLBUTYL-2-METHYLPROPIONATE 0 Plant *
2-METHYLBUTYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant *
2-METHYLIDENEPROPANE-1,3-DIYL-1-(Z)-2'-METHYL-2'BUTENOATE... 0 Plant *
2-METHYLPROPYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant *
2-METHYLPROPYL-3-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant *
2-METHYLPROPYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant *
3,4-DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Plant *
3-DEHYDRONOBILIN 1 Plant *
3-EPINOBILIN 0 Plant *
3-HYDROXY-2-METHYLIDENE-BUTYRIC-ACID-ANGELATE 0 Plant *
3-METHYL-1-BUTANOL 0 Plant *
3-METHYLAMYL-ANGELATE 0 Plant *
3-METHYLBUTYL-ANGELATE 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Photoactive 2 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin 1 *
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 *
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Progestational 1 *
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 3 *
Prostaglandigenic 2 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Xu, L. N., Yu, W. G., Tian, J. Y., Liu, Q. Y. 1990. Effect of Sodium Ferulate on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 25(6): 412-416.
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 *
Protisticide 1 *
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 2 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 2 *