Features of Chamomile: Industrial Profiles:

• Includes detailed descriptions of diverse experimental studies carried out until 2004
• Presents concrete details about breeding experiments, cultivation, harvest, and the processing of chamomile flowers
• Lists all pharmacopoeias dealing with German and Roman chamomile
• Provides more than 800 references to guide the reader to more detailed information

Chamomile: Industrial Profiles provides an interdisciplinary inventory of the scientific level of knowledge about German chamomile as well as Roman chamomile, the two types of chamomile most produced. It includes information for pharmacists and the pharmaceutical industry about chamomile preparations and essential chamomile oil.

Physicians and toxicologists will find detailed descriptions of the latest experimental studies and the use of chamomile preparations in traditional and therapeutic uses. It also includes the latest information of use to growers and pharmaceutical entrepreneurs.

Contents

• Legal Situation of German Chamomile
• Plant Sources
• Active Chemical Constituents of Matricaria Chamomilla L. Syn
• Chamomilla Recutita (L.) Rauschert
• Cultivation
• Abiotic and Biotic Stress Affecting the Common Chamomile
• Raw Plant Material and Postharvest Technology
• Processing of Raw Material
• Storage of the Dry Drug
• Chemical Analysis of the Active Principles of Chamomile
• Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Traditional Use and Therapeutic Indications

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