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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
BETA-SELINENE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-1,3-DIYL-1-((Z)-2'-METHYL-2'-BUTENOATE)-3-ISOB... 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-ANGELATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Flower not available 6720.0 0.26 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Flower not available 785000.0 0.67 Duke, 1992 *
CHAMAZULENE 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Flower not available 6.0 1.47 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Flower not available 58.0 2.61 Duke, 1992 *
CYCLODODECANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-3-METHYL-PENTANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROMATRICARIA-ESTER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EN-YN-DICYCLOETHER 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 6000.0 17500.0 0.59 Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPSILON-1-(2,6-DIMETHYLPHENYL)-2-BUTEN-1-ONE 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
Antiinflammatory 20 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antilaryngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 3 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.