CHAMOMILE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION - PAST, NOWADAYS, FUTURE
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| Title | CHAMOMILE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION - PAST, NOWADAYS, FUTURE |
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| Abstract | The flowers of Chamomile, Matricaria recutita L., are known in the Pharmacopeia as Flos Matricariae. A large number of ingredients give the flowers their therapeutic versatility. Here are some of those effects and the ingredients responsible. Among those anti-inflammatory properties are /-/-bisabolol and its oxides, matricine, chamazulene, apigenine. Muscle relaxants include apigenine, /-/-bisabolol and the spiroether group. Bisabolol acts against the formation of ulcers. Those with antibacterial action include /-/-bisabolol, spiroether and cumarints. Among those used to treat fungal infection are /-/-bisabolol and spiroether. Nowadays chamomile research and development is reaching the very high level and it is carried out from different aspects in various parts of our globe. The present ranges of varieties (with the very high content of /-/-bisabolol), cultivation and processing of chamomile with high quality of essential oil have the possibility to fulfill the demand for this raw-material all over the world. The new trends of chamomile research, development and production are presented in the fields: biology & biodiversity, chemistry, ecology & environment, agriculture & mechanization, pharmacy & pharmacology and veterinary medicine. Nowadays chamomile research and development is reaching the very high level and it is carried out from different aspects in various parts of our globe. The present ranges of varieties, cultivation and processing of chamomile with high quality of essential oil have the possibility to fulfill the demand for this raw-material all over the world. Acknowledgements: Slovak Ministry of Education: AV 4/0104/06 |
| Publisher | African Ethnomedicines Network |
| Date | 2009-06-07 |
| Source | African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative medicines (AJTCAM) ABSTRACTS OF THE WORLD CONGRESS ON MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS, CAPE TOWN NOVEMBER 2008 |
| Rights | Articles can be used for educational and non-comercial purposes. The copyrights of articles are retained by the authors with publication rights granted to AJTCAM. |