German Chamomile

Matricaria recutita L.

Chemotype: bisabolol oxide / chamazulene blue-oil type

herbaceousdrybittersweetapple-like

PLANT PART: flowers
EXTRACTION: steam distillation
AROMA NOTE: mid

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Aroma intensity: 80 / 100

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Note layer: mid

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Cited dermal maximum · leave-on: 4%
Phototoxicity: Not flagged in this profile
Oxidation risk: medium

A cited maximum is a limit, not a suggested dilution. Missing restrictions do not establish safety.

The reviewed German chamomile supplier safety profile describes the oil as non-phototoxic.

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19 constituents

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About this composition

This archive record treats the unsuffixed chamomile entry as German chamomile essential oil. EMA and Ph. Eur. define the oil as a blue steam-distilled flower oil that may be rich in bisabolol oxides or in alpha-bisabolol, while the directly readable Firoozabad GC-MS profile supplies a coherent open quantitative fingerprint for the bisabolol-oxide-rich type used here. Jade Bloom's live product sheet also provides a public secondary dermal-use ceiling for German chamomile oil, which upgrades the previously null oil-level maximum.

Constituent	Typical amount	Reported range	Chemical family	Source
alpha-Bisabolol oxide A	17.14%	0.42–36.27%	oxygenated sesquiterpene	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran; Assessment report on Matricaria recutita L., flos and Matricaria recutita L., aetheroleum; PubChem Bisabolol oxide A https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 125 and 357-361; https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/herbal-report/final-assessment-report-matricaria-recutita-l-flos-and-matricaria-recutita-l-aetheroleum-first-version_en.pdf lines 180-186 and 194-196; midpoint of cited 0.42-36.27% range, no distinct typical value published; https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Bisabolol-oxide-A for CAS 22567-36-8
Chamazulene	15.12%	5.23–24.5%	azulene sesquiterpene derivative	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 125, 128-129 and 349-353
alpha-Bisabolone oxide A	10.5%	7–14%	oxygenated sesquiterpene	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran; Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Chem. chamomile summary cited in Oriental Journal of Chemistry; BioCrick Bisabolone oxide A https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 125 and 341-345, plus line 374 summarizing Orav et al. range 7-14%; https://www.biocrick.com/Bisabolone-oxide-A-BCN9091.html for CAS 22567-38-0
alpha-Bisabolol oxide B	10%	8–12%	oxygenated sesquiterpene	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran; Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Chem. chamomile summary cited in Oriental Journal of Chemistry; The Good Scents Company alpha-bisabolol oxide B entry https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 335-337 and 374; midpoint of cited 8-12% range, no distinct typical value published; https://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/data/rw1467641.html for CAS 26184-88-3
en-in-dicycloether	19.5%	17–22%	polyacetylene spiroether	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran; Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Chem. chamomile summary cited in Oriental Journal of Chemistry https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 365-369 and 374; midpoint of cited 17-22% range, no distinct typical value published
alpha-Bisabolol	11%	8–14%	sesquiterpene alcohol	View source Assessment report on Matricaria recutita L., flos and Matricaria recutita L., aetheroleum; Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Chem. chamomile summary cited in Oriental Journal of Chemistry https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/herbal-report/final-assessment-report-matricaria-recutita-l-flos-and-matricaria-recutita-l-aetheroleum-first-version_en.pdf lines 181-186; https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ line 374; midpoint of cited 8-14% range, no distinct typical value published
n-Octanal	6%	6–6%	aldehyde	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 175-178 and 125
alpha-pinene	0.1%	0.1–0.1%	monoterpene hydrocarbon	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 143-148
camphene	0.23%	0.23–0.23%	monoterpene hydrocarbon	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 151-155
sabinene	0.09%	0.09–0.09%	monoterpene hydrocarbon	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 159-163
p-cymene	0.59%	0.59–0.59%	monoterpene hydrocarbon	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 182-186
limonene	0.52%	0.52–0.52%	monoterpene hydrocarbon	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 190-194
1,8-Cineole	3.86%	3.86–3.86%	oxide	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 198-202
linalool	0.81%	0.81–0.81%	monoterpene alcohol	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 238-242
terpinene-4-ol	0.55%	0.55–0.55%	monoterpene alcohol	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 254-258
alpha-terpineol	3.11%	3.11–3.11%	monoterpene alcohol	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 262-266
(E)-caryophyllene	0.47%	0.47–0.47%	sesquiterpene hydrocarbon	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 278-281
(E)-beta-farnesene	0.31%	0.31–0.31%	sesquiterpene hydrocarbon	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 285-289
germacrene D	3.02%	3.02–3.02%	sesquiterpene hydrocarbon	View source Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ lines 293-297

Profile source: Assessment report on Matricaria recutita L., flos and Matricaria recutita L., aetheroleum; Essential Oil Components of German Chamomile Cultivated in Firoozabad, Iran; Chamomile German Hungary Essential Oil; German Chamomile Essential Oil · https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/herbal-report/final-assessment-report-matricaria-recutita-l-flos-and-matricaria-recutita-l-aetheroleum-first-version_en.pdf ; https://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/essential-oil-components-of-german-chamomile-cultivated-in-firoozabad-iran/ ; https://www.kusharomaexports.com/essential-oils/chamomile-german-hungary-essential-oil ; https://jadebloom.com/german-chamomile-essential-oil-therapeutic-grade-10ml.html

What we're still learning · 2 data gaps

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No open registry source with a clean public CAS record was verified for en-in-dicycloether in this pass, so its CAS remains null.
Odor intensity 80 normalizes Jade Bloom's qualitative 'High' odor-strength wording into the archive's 0-100 scale rather than preserving a native published numeric measurement.