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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 *
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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
Rubefacient 1 Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 9 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spasmogenic 6 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Stomachic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 5 Duke, 1992 *
Surfactant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Taenicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Azuma, Y., Onishi, Y., Sato, Y., Kizaki, H. 1995. Effects of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors With Different Modes of Action on Topoisomerase Activity and Death of IL-2-Dependent CTLL-2-Cells. J Biochemistry, 118: 312-318.
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 4 Duke, 1992 *