Research article

PHARMACOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF MATRICARIA RECUTITA: RECENT ADVANCES IN CANCER AND FUNGAL THERAPY

Biswajit Dash1, Pankaj Kumar2*, Shikha Kaushik3, Richa Goel4, Anil Chhetri5, Kapil Sachan6, Ajay Kumar

Online First: January 08, 2023


German chamomile, commonly known as Matricaria chamomilla, is one of the many species that make up the Asteraceae family. In addition to being present in Australia and North America, chamomile is a native of Europe and western Asia. This study's goal was to assess the effectiveness of topical chamomile in cancer patients' oral mucositis (OM) prevention and/or treatment. German chamomile, commonly known as Matricaria chamomilla, is one of the many species that make up the Asteraceae family. In addition to being present in Australia and North America, chamomile is a native of Europe and western Asia. Chamomile, also known as Matricaria recutita or Matricaria chamomilla, is a fantastic choice for the treatment of yeast infections. This plant has many antifungal substances that provide a severe blow to Candida (Candida is the yeast that causes yeast infections). Search results revealed 90 publications. All investigations used the same OM measurement scale and the total sample size was 492 patients. The findings demonstrated that topical application of Chamomile, at doses ranging from 1% to 2.5% and for durations ranging from one to four times a day, was helpful in the prevention and/or treatment of OM in four of the six investigations.

Keywords

Matricaria recuitta, Chamomilla L, pharmacognosy, therapeutic effects, Anticancer, Medical plants, Traditional medicine