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What is chamomile extract?

Dried flowers of chamomile plant (Matricaria chamomilla L.) are largely used to provide sedative as well as spasmolytic effects. Chamomile is a very popular tea. Chamomile has some antioxidant and antimicrobial activities, and significant antiplatelet activity in vitro. Animal model studies indicate potent antiinflammatory action, some antimutagenic and cholesterol-lowering activities, as well as antispasmotic and anxiolytic effects. However, human studies are limited.

What's in Chamomile?
he main constituents of the flowers include several phenolic compounds, primarily the flavonoids apigenin, quercetin, patuletin, luteolin and their glucosides. Flavonoids have anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory properties. The main components of the essential oil extracted from chamomile flowers are the terpenoids alpha-bisabolol and its oxides and azulenes, including chamazulene.

Cause most active ingredients of Chamomile flower are fatty soluble, so usually use ethanol to extract the active ingredients out and dried into powder. The power is what we called:chamomile extract.

Dr. Peter Lau AMA Industried Inc.

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