Chamomile Matricaria recutita

When elder blossoms are made into a tea with chamomile (.Matricaria recutita), it is good for stiff painful joints. This combination has also been used as a fomentation for earaches. 

Chamomile, Matricaria recutita L., is generally known as a weed - a weed with cnrative power. A medicinal plant, with a history going back to the time of Egyptian pharaohs, is nsed in phytotherapy today and nneqnivocally will be used tomorrow. 

Chamomile (Matricaria recutita). Reprinted from Culbreth DMR. (1927). Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, 7th ed. Philadelphia Lea Febiger. 

As its name suggests, supercritical fluid extraction (SEE) relies on the solubilizing properties of supercritical fluids. The lower viscosities and higher diffusion rates of supercritical fluids, when compared with those of liquids, make them ideal for the extraction of diffusion-controlled matrices, such as plant tissues. Advantages of the method are lower solvent consumption, controllable selectivity, and less thermal or chemical degradation than methods such as Soxhlet extraction. Numerous applications in the extraction of natural products have been reported, with supercritical carbon dioxide being the most widely used extraction solvent. However, to allow for the extraction of polar compounds such as flavonoids, polar solvents (like methanol) have to be added as modifiers. There is consequently a substantial reduction in selectivity. This explains why there are relatively few applications to polyphenols in the literature. Even with pressures of up to 689 bar and 20% modifier (usually methanol) in the extraction fluid, yields of polyphenolic compounds remain low, as shown for marigold Calendula officinalis, Asteraceae) and chamomile Matricaria recutita, Asteraceae). " ... 

German chamomile Matricaria recutita (Asteraceae) —a-bisabolol and its derivatives... 

Cascara Sagrada Rhamnus purshiana) Chamomile Matricaria recutita)... 

Chamomile (Matricaria recutita) Chamomile is dried flower heads used in herbal tea for relief of digestive and gastrointestinal (GI) disruptions and infant colic. Chamomile has a sedative effect. Chamomile can cause hives and bronchoconstriction in patients who are allergic to daisy or ragweed. 

Chamomile (Matricaria recutita) Active ingredient is apigenin, shown to competitively inhibit CNS benzodiazepine binding without sedation. No known contraindications. 

German chamomile or wild chamomile Matricaria recutita) is a member of the Asteraceae plant family and owes its popularity to various properties, which include confirmed anti-inflammatoty, antibacterial and antispasmodic activities. As a consequence, it is used against the common cold, stomach aches and skin inflammations. Despite its widespread use, very few adverse effects have been reported, and only some of these side effects are allergic in nature. So then, why is there so much talk about chamomile and allergies ... 

FIGURE 3.5 Frequency distribution of chemotypes in three varieties/populatios of chamomile Matricaria recutita (L.) Rauschert). 

FIGURE 3.6 ( ) a Bisabolol content (mg/100 g crude drugj in two chamomile (Matricaria recutita)... 

Chamomile Matricaria recutita L. Asteraceae Flower Cult LQ... 

Franz, Ch., K. Hardh, S. Haelvae, E. Mueller H. Pelzmann, and A. Ceylan. 1986. In uence of ecological factors on yield and essential oil of chamomile Matricaria recutita L). 188 157-162. 

Gosztola, B. 2012. Morphological and chemical diversity of different chamomile Matricaria recutita L.) populations of the Great Hungarian Plain (in Hungarian), PhD dissertation. Budapest. Hungary Corvinus University of Budapest. 

The oxidized bisabolene derivative a-bisabolol with antiphlogistic properties is a main active compound in German chamomile (Matricaria recutita). Depending on the origin of the plants and the chemotype or variety, varying proportions of the oxides (bisabolol oxide A, bisabolol oxide B, or bisabolone oxide A) may be present in the respective oils [30]. a-Bisabolol can also be found in larger... 

Rational phytotherapy relies on active substances from plants. Classical essential oil-bearing medicinal plants are German chamomile Matricaria recutita), thyme Thymus vulgaris), peppermint Mentha x piperita), caraway Carum carvi), and fennel Foeniculum vulgare) [43, 47]. They are not only used to cure human disease but are of increasing interest in veterinary phytotherapy. 

Many sesquiterpenes contain a pentacyclic lactone group and are therefore referred to as sesquiterpene lactones. These compounds occur abundantly in the family Asteraceae. Because of their bitter taste sesquiterpene lactones presumably serve as feeding deterrents of herbivores (Heinrich et al., 1998). Pharmacologically active sesquiterpene lactones often show anti-inflammatory effects due to inhibition of the transcription factor NF-kB that mediates immunological responses and inflammation (LyB et al., 1998). Sesquiterpenes with such activities occur, for example, in chamomile Matricaria recutita), one ofthe most popular medicinal plants. Antimigraine action of some sesquiterpene lactones, e.g., par-thenolide from feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium), is mediated by inhibition of platelet aggregation... 

Source German chamomile Matricaria recutita L. (syn. Matricaria chamomilla L., Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert) (Family Compositae or Asteraceae) Roman chamomile Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All. (syn. Anthemis nobilis L.) (Family Compositae or Asteraceae). 

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