Chamomile Industrial Profiles edited by Rolf Franke and Heinz Schilcher

Chamomile
Industrial Profiles
edited by Rolf Franke and Heinz Schilcher

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
Index