Matricaria discoidea

Common Names: disc mayweed

Ethnobotanical Studies

Boreal Forest, Canada

Uses: General health, Mental disorders, Ophthalmological disorders, Pregnancy, child birth, puerperium, Urinary system disorders

DOI:: 10.1186/1746-4269-8-7
PubMed:: 22289509

Studies

Phytochemical, Pharmacological, and Molecular Docking Study of Dry Extracts of Matricaria discoidea DC. with Analgesic and Soporific Activities.

Summary

Researchers developed novel processing methods to obtain essential oil and extracts from Pineapple weed, known for anti-inflammatory properties. In vivo studies demonstrated analgesic and soporific effects, with potential for COX inhibition and NMDA receptor antagonism.

Pain Phytochemistry

Sepp J et al (2024).; Biomolecules.
DOI:: 10.3390/biom14030361
PubMed:: 38540779

Phytochemical Characterization of Chamomile (Matricaria recutita L.) Roots and Evaluation of Their Antioxidant and Antibacterial Potential.

Phytochemistry

Mailänder LK et al (2022).; Molecules.
DOI:: 10.3390/molecules27238508
PubMed:: 36500602

The Appeal of Ethnobotanical Folklore Records: Medicinal Plant Use in Setomaa, Räpina and Vastseliina Parishes, Estonia (1888-1996).

Ethnobotany

Sõukand R and Kalle R (2022).; Plants (Basel).
DOI:: 10.3390/plants11202698
PubMed:: 36297723

Isolation and identification of mosquito biting deterrents from the North American mosquito repelling folk remedy plant, Matricaria discoidea DC.

Cantrell CL, Ali A and Jones AMP (2018).; PLoS One.
DOI:: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206594
PubMed:: 30379955

Substitution of Matricaria chamomilla with Matricaria discoidea.

BORKOWSKI B et al (1955).; Farm Pol.
PubMed:: 13251272