Essential oil yield and compositions of chamomile (Matricaria Chamomilla L.) cultivated in different province of Turkey

Abstract

Chamom le (Matr car a chamom lla L.) is annual, herbaceous that s plant belongs to Asteraceae fam ly. The or g n of chamom le s n eastern Europe and As a M nor and t has been almost every flora of Turkey and all over the word. Chamom le s one of the important medicinal herb that has been used n herbal remed es for thousands of years. The parts of the plant used for medical purposes are flowers and the blue-green essent al o l obtained from the flowers. The most mportant essent al o l contents of chamom le are chamazulene, b sabolol (Kazem , 2014; S ngh et al., 2011), b sabololxyzd, b sabololonox d and parneson (Ceylan, 1983). Th s plants conta ns seconder metabol te act ved. The most mportant of them are sesqu terpenes, flavono ds, coumar ns, polyacetylenes and essent al o l. Th s plant use as food, cosmet cs, pharmaceutical appl cat on, sanitary, ornamental plant and the treatment of many d seases n trad t onal med c ne appl cat ons (Sharafzadeh et al., 2011). It has been determ ned that stud es on Chamom le (Matr car a chamom lla L.) have ant sept c, ant allerg c and ant-nflammatory, ant m crob al, fungus d, ant spasmod c,

Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.): A Review of Ethnomedicinal Use, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Uses

“…On the other hand, EL-Hefny et al reported cis-β-farnesene (27%) as the main component of Egyptian EO, followed by D-limonene (15.25%) and α-bisabolol oxide A (14.9%) [88]. In another study on M. chamomilla from Turkey, the EOs obtained from plants cultivated in two locations (Konya and Karaman) showed a quantitative difference in their chemical composition, with a dominance of α-bisabolol (27.36-38.6%), β-farnesene (25.05-30.15%), and chamazulene (13.5-13.93%) [89]. Furthermore, Berechet et al found that M. chamomilla EO from Romania is composed mainly of sesquiterpenes (91.65%), dominated by bisabolol oxide A (70.2%) [90].…”