Phytochemical, Technological, and Pharmacological Study on the Galenic Dry Extracts Prepared from German Chamomile ( Matricaria chamomilla L.) Flowers

• Published in: Plants (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 3; p. 350
• Main Authors: Sepp, Janne, Koshovyi, Oleh, Jakstas, Valdas, Žvikas, Vaidotas, Botsula, Iryna, Kireyev, Igor, Tsemenko, Karina, Kukhtenko, Oleksandr, Kogermann, Karin, Heinämäki, Jyrki, Raal, Ain
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.01.2024
• Subjects: Acids; analgesic activity; Analgesics; Anesthesia; Chamomile; Chemical composition; complex processing; Essential oils; Ethanol; extraction; Extraction (Chemistry); Flavonoids; flower; Flowers; galenic extract; German chamomile; Health aspects; Hydroxycinnamic acid; In vivo methods and tests; Isoflavones; Materia medica, Vegetable; Matricaria recutita; Methods; Oils & fats; Pharmaceutical industry; Phenolic acids; Phenols; Physiological aspects; Phytochemicals; Plant extracts; Raw materials; Skin diseases; Spasms; Tea; Terpenes; Tranquilizing drugs; Germany; Ukraine; Estonia; soporific effect; complex processing; galenic extract; analgesic activity; German chamomile; extraction; flower

Galenic preparations of German chamomile are used to treat mild skin diseases, inflammation, and spasms, and they have also been reported to have anxiolytic and sedative effects. The medicinal use of chamomile is well known in ethnomedicine. After obtaining its galenic preparations, there is lots of...