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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Matricaria recutita (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Annual Camomile; German Camomile; Wild 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
LUTEOLIN 78 Plant *
LUTEOLIN-4'-GLUCOSIDE 1 Plant 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 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 2 Flower Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
LUTEOLIN-7-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant 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 *
MATRICARIN 0 Plant *
MATRICIN 0 Plant *
MUCILAGE 3 Flower 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 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 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 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant 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 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 *
PATULETIN 2 Plant 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 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 *
PERILLYL-ALCOHOL 14 Plant Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticlimacteric 1 *
Anticold 1 *
Anticolitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplement 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary 6 *
Anticonvulsant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticoronary 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
AntiCVI 1 *
Anticystinuric 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidandruff 1 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 5 *
Antidepressant 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatic 2 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 5 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatotic 1 *