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Common Names
Annual Camomile; German Camomile; Wild Camomile
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APIGENIN | 101 | Flower | 6.0 | 8400.0 | not available | Tramil |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-(6'O-ACETYL)-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| APIGENIN-7-ACETYLGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| APIGENIN-7-APIOSYLGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE-(2',3')-DIACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE-(3',4')-DIACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| APIGENIN-7-O-NEOHESPEROSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| APIGENIN-7-O-RUTINOSIDE | 1 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| APIGETRIN | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| APIIN | 4 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| AXILLARIN | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AXILLARIN | 7 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| AZULENE | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| BETA-DAMASCENONE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiangiogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiapoplectic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 5 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-91. |
| Antiasthmatic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 28 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibradykinic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366. |
| Antibronchitic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiburn | 1 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Anticancer | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |