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Roman Chamomile Oil
Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil
An essential oil from Roman chamomile flowers, added mostly for scent.
What it does
It’s the essential oil of Roman chamomile flowers, Anthemis nobilis. The EU lists it for scent and to condition skin.
The EU’s ingredient database lists it as a fragrance (adds scent).European Commission, CosIng (© European Union, CC BY 4.0) · uses put in plain words by Drop ↗
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2017) assessed four Roman chamomile ingredients, used for scent and to condition skin. A lotion with 3% flower extract caused no irritation or allergy in a repeated patch test on 104 people, and the essential oil none in tests on 110 and 104. Case reports describe positive allergy tests to Roman chamomile. Levels of allergy-causing compounds, such as sesquiterpene lactones, vary widely, so they judged these safe as used in products made not to cause allergy.Johnson 2017 · International Journal of Toxicology ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
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