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Monographs of essential oils that have caused contact allergy / allergic contact dermatitis
Published in Anton C. de Groot, Monographs in Contact Allergy, 2021
Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert (syn. Matricaria chamomilla L., Matricaria recutita L.), popularly known as German chamomile, is a perennial plant belonging to the Asteraceae family. Native to Europe and adjoining Asian countries, the plant is cultivated all over the world for the flowers and the flower oil, particularly in European countries such as Hungary, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Slowakia and the former Yugoslavia, and in Egypt and Argentina. German chamomile is an important medicinal and aromatic plant of both traditional and modern systems of medicine and chamomile flowers are still an official drug in the pharmacopoeia of some 20 countries (11).
Herbal Therapies
Published in Anil K. Sharma, Raj K. Keservani, Surya Prakash Gautam, Herbal Product Development, 2020
H. Shahrul, M. L. Tan, A. H. Auni, S. R. Nur, S. M. N. Nurul
Artemisia dracunculus L (Tarragon) is from the Asteracaceae and it has been used to treat gastrointestinal problems in several parts of India. The leaves of Artemisia scoparia are used for gastric disorder, treating intestinal parasites and indigestion. Matricaria recutita L. (syn. Matricaria chamomilla L., Chamomilla recutita (L.) consumed for various gastrointestinal conditions. Senecio rufinervis and Tanacetum gracile are used for stomach ailment and anti-helmintic, respectively. Locally, the powder of Tanacetum longifolium root is used for stomach ailment (Joshi et al., 2016).
The Role of Herbal Medicines in Female Genital Infections
Published in Megh R. Goyal, Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, Ramasamy Harikrishnan, The Role of Phytoconstitutents in Health Care, 2020
Matricaria chamomilla L. is an ancient herb, rich in many antimicrobial, antioxidants, antiviral, antidiabetic, antiseptic, and anti-inflammatory bioactive substances with aromatics, therapeutics, cosmetics, and pharmacological properties. Method of Use: The vagina is washed with chamomile tea three to four times a day until the infection disappears [9, 83].
Enzyme-assisted modification of flavonoids from Matricaria chamomilla: antioxidant activity and inhibitory effect on digestive enzymes
Published in Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 2020
Elida Paula Dini de Franco, Fabiano Jares Contesini, Bianca Lima da Silva, Anna Maria Alves de Piloto Fernandes, Camila Wielewski Leme, João Pedro Gonçalves Cirino, Paula Renata Bueno Campos, Patrícia de Oliveira Carvalho
Matricaria chamomilla L. (i.e. chamomile), native to southern and eastern Europe and widely found in Brazil, is one of the oldest known herbs of traditional medicine and belongs to the Asteraceae family. It contains a large group of therapeutically interesting and active compounds, the main classes being the flavonoids, sesquiterpenes, coumarins, and polyacetylenes1. The flowers in particular, contain a large amount of hydrophilic constituents (sugars, flavonoids, mucilages, phenyl carbonic acids, amino acids, choline, salts)2. Flavonoids such as apigenin-7-O-glucoside, apigenin, luteolin-7-O-glucoside and luteolin (flavones), rutin and quercetin (flavonols) and many other phenolic compounds such as herniarin and umbelliferone (coumarin), chlorogenic acid, and caffeic acid (phenylpropanoids) are found in chamomile extract3. Among those, apigenin and esculin are the most promising compounds with respect to human health. They are present in very small quantities as free apigenin and esculetin, respectively, but predominantly exist in the form of various glycosides4.
Evaluation of chamomile oil and nanoemulgels as a promising treatment option for atopic dermatitis induced in rats
Published in Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 2020
Noha S. El-Salamouni, Mai M. Ali, Sherien A. Abdelhady, Lamia S. Kandil, Gihan A. Elbatouti, Ragwa M. Farid
Nowadays aromatherapy is one of the increasingly used complementary therapies. Essential oils are major therapeutic agents used to treat several diseases, representing a major class of interest in drug research [9]. German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla), belonging to the family Asteraceae, has been used as herbal medication since ancient times. Chamomile is widely used to treat skin inflammations and various bacterial skin infections, for its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, mild astringent, and healing potential [10]. The pharmacological activity of German chamomile is associated with its essential oil and flavonoid content. The principal anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic constituents of chamomile oil (CM) are matricin, chamazulene, ɑ-bisabolol, and its oxides A and B [11].
A systematic review of the efficacy of alternative medicine in the treatment of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
Published in Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2020
Fahimeh Khorasani, Hossein Aryan, Abousaleh Sobhi, Reihaneh Aryan, Arefeh Abavi-Sani, Masumeh Ghazanfarpour, Masumeh Saeidi, Fatemeh Rajab Dizavandi
Herbal medicines such as matricaria chamomilla, elettaria cardamomum, pomegranate and spearmint syrup, lemon and ginger provide safe and effective medical alternatives for treating pregnant women with mild-to-moderate NVD. The results suggested that ginger were more effective than vitamin B, but at the dose of 35–500 mg ginger, vitamin B6 and ginger had identical effect. However, over a longer treatment period (60 days), vitamin B6 was proved to be more effective than ginger. The same effect was observed in the comparison of quince and vitamin B6 as well as ginger and doxylamine plus pyridoxine. Mentha did not generated a positive effect on nausea and vomiting. However, this finding should be considered in light of the above limitations.