Matricaria

Parts Peppermint leaves 25 Parts Matricaria flowers 25 Parts Calamus rhizome 25 Parts Caraway (crushed)... 

Parts Wormwood 10 Parts Cinnamom 25 Parts Matricaria flowers... 

Camphor, Cj HjgO, occurs in the wood of the camphor tree Laurus camphora) as dextro-camphor. This is the ordinary camphor of commerce, known as Japan camphor, whilst the less common laevo-camphor is found in the oil of Matricaria parthenium. Camphor can also be obtained by the oxidation of borneol or isoborneol with nitric acid. Camphor may be prepared from turpentine in numerous ways, and there are many patents existing for its artificial preparation. Artificial camphor, however, does not appear to be able to compete commercially with the natural product. Amongst the methods may be enumerated the following —... 

Chamomile Matricaria chamomilla As a tea for gastrointestinal disturbances, as a sedative, and as an anti-inflammatory agent Fbssible contact dermatitis and, in rare instances, anaphylaxis Chamomile is a member of the ragweed family and those allergic to ragweed should not take the herb. 

Pyraflufen-ethyl was primarily developed as a cereal herbicide to control a broad spectrum of broadleaf weeds. Pyraflufen-ethyl applied in early postemergence at 12 g a.i. ha provides excellent control of some important weeds such as Anthemis arvensis, Lamium purpureum and Sinapis arvensis and good suppression of Matricaria chamomilla, Stel-iaria media, Veronica persica and Viola spp. 

Matricaria recutita, known as German chamomile, is also purported to have antispasmodic properties. It is taken most often as a tea up to four times a day. Benzodiazepine, alcohol, and warfarin users should be cautioned against taking this product because it can cause drowsiness, and it contains coumarin derivatives.20... 

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. 

Diesen Ester hatten offenbar schon vor liber hundert Jahren Bretz und Elieson (70) in Handen, ohne jedoch nahere Untersuchungen durch-zufiihren. Auch die 2-trans-Form (XXI) dieses Esters konnte in der Natur gefunden werden, und zwar gelang Sorensen, Bruun, Holme und Sorensen (198) die Isolierung aus dem 01 der Wurzeln von Matricaria inodora L. in Form schwachgelber Kristalle vom Schmelzpunkt 105,5-106°. Amax = 343,5 320,4 300,8 283,5 268 255 244,7mp (s = 35970, 45290, 32810, 15170, 8630, 106200, 71800) (in Hexan). 

Von Christensen wird eine Verbindung beschrieben, die aus Matricaria matricarioides L. isoliert wurde und der der Verfasser die Struktur CCCLVIII zuordnet ... 

N. A. Sorensen Studies Related to Naturally Occurring Acetylene Compounds. IX. The Occurrence of Methyl dec-8-cis-en-4 6-diynoate (= a,/9-Dihydro-Matricaria Ester) and 2-cis 8-trans-Matricaria Ester in Nature. Acta Chem. Scand. 6, 883 (1952). 

Studies related to Naturally Occurring Acetylene Compounds. VII. The Synthesis of two Stereoisomers of Methyl n-Decadiene-2,8-diyn-4,6-oates the Configuration of Matricaria Ester. Acta Chem. Scand. 5, 1244 (1951). 

Occurring Acetylene Compounds. VIII. The Synthesis of Methyl n-Dec-2-en-4 6 8-triynoate, an Isomer of the Naturally Occurring Dehydro-matricaria Ester. Acta Chem. Scand. 6, 602 (1952). 

Synthesis of Some Hydrogenated Relatives of Matricaria Ester. Acta Chem. Scand. 6, 893 (1952). 

So-Called Composit-Cumulene I" from Scentless Mayweed (Matricaria inodora L.). Festschrift Arthur Stoll, p. 545- Basel Birkhauser 1957. 

Matricaria Ester (n-Decadiene-2,8-diyne-4,6-oic Acid Methyl Ester). Acta Chem. Scand. 4, 416 (1950). 

The dried capitula of Matricaria chamomilla L. (Asteraceae), or German chamomile, have been used as anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic remedies since very early times on account of its contents in bisabolol oxides the activity of which has been experimentally substantiated. The plant is listed in several European pharmacopeias, and is used in the form of tinctures, extracts, lotions, ointments, shampoos, and sunscreen products. 

Viola H, Wasowski C, Levi de Stein M, et al. Apigenin, a component of Matricaria recutita flowers, is a central benzodiazepine receptors-ligand with anxiolytic effects. Planta Med 1995 61 213-216. 

Avallone R, Zanoli P, Puia G, Kleinschnitz M, Schreier P, Baraldi M. Pharmacological profile of apigenin, a flavonoid isolated from Matricaria chamomilla. Biochem Pharmacol 2000 59 1387-1394. 

Avallone R, Zanoli P, Corsi L, Cannazza G, Baraldi M Benzodiazepine-like compounds and GABA in flower heads of Matricaria cha-momilla. PhytotherRes 1996 10 177-179. 

Normal-phase TLC using a silica stationary phase was employed for the optimization of the separation of flavonoid content of Matricariae flos (Chamomilla recutita L. Rauschert). Air-dried and powdered plant material was extracted by refluxing for 10 min with methanol. The suspension was filtered, evaporated and the residue was redissolved in methanol. The mobile phases included in the experiments were 1 = ethyl acetate-methylethylketone-formic acid-water (50 30 10 10, v/v) 2 = ethyl acetate-methanol-water (75 15 10 v/v) 3 = ethyl acetate-formic acid-water (80 10 10, v/v) 4 = ethyl acetate-formic acid-water (100 20 30, v/v) 5 = ethyl acetate-formic acid-acetic acid-water (100 11 11 27, v/v) 6 = n-butanol-acetic acid-water (66 17 17, v/v) 7 = ethyl acetate-methanol-formic acid-water (75 10 5 10, v/v) 8 = ethyl acetate-acetic acid-water (80 10 10, v/v). Development was carried out in the linear ascending mode at... 

M. Medic-Saric, G. Stanic and I. Bosnjak, The use of information theory and numerical taxonomy methods for evaluating the quality of thin-layer chromatographic separations of flavonoid constituents of matricariae flos. Pharmazie 56 (2001) 156-159. 

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