Properties
Anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic properties on the smooth muscles of the digestive system. It has always been known as a plant with antispasmodic powers particularly suited to sedate painful manifestations, from intestinal colic to dysmenorrhea, it possesses undoubted properties such as anti-inflammatory, speeding up the healing of wounds, ulcer protective, antibacterial and, of course, antispasmodic. Its antispasmodic action means the plant is used as a sedative for the nervous system, even if its effect on the digestive system is the most important.
Nutraceuticals
- Essential oil: chamazulene (responsible for the blue colour), a-bisabolol;
- Proazulenes
- Flavonoids: apigenin, luteolin, rutin, etc
- Spiroethers
In particular:
- a-bisabolol, chamazulene, matricine, spiroethers: antiphlogistic action
- a-bisabolol: antiseptic and anti-ulcer action
- apigenin and some flavonoids: spasmolytic musculotropic action
The concentration of these constituents can vary greatly, especially in the essential oil
- Coumarins: umbelliferone and herniarin