Essential oil Composition of ligulate and tubular flowers and receptacle from wild Chamomilla recucita L. Rausch. grown in Italy

The compounds of the oil from tubular and ligulate florets and from the receptacle of Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rausch, were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The major compounds were (E)-β-farnesene (14.4-17.1%), spathulenol (4.4-12.6%), α-bisabolone oxide A (9.2-11.2%), chamazulene (8.4-13.7%), α-bisabolol oxide A (4.9-11.6%) and cis-en-yn-bicycloether (2.7-13.4%).