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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-4'-GLUCOSIDE | 1 | 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. |
| LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| LUTEOLIN-7-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | 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. |
| MATRICARIN | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MATRICARIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MATRICIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Flower | not available | 100000.0 | 0.84 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| NIACIN | 39 | 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. |
| O-COUMARIC-ACID | 4 | 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. |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | 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. |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | 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. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PATULETIN | 2 | 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. |
| PATULETIN-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. |
| PECTIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PERILLYL-ALCOHOL | 14 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatoregenerative | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 3 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |
| Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 1 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hyperglycemic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 9 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 7 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 7 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypothermic | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |