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A study was made of the changes in the content of essential oil and its components (farnesene, (-)-α-bisabolol, (-)-α-bisabololoxide A, (-)-α-bisabololoxide B and spathulenol, α-bisabolonoxide A, chamazulene, cis en-in-dicycloether) and of the number of secretory canals in the receptacles during the beginning of flowering, full flowering and the termination of flowering of camomile anthodia. The total content of the essential oil was highest during the beginning of flowering and lowest during its termination. The proportion of the individual sesquiterpenes in the essential oil underwent changes mostly during the beginning and termination of flowering. The number of secretory canals in the basal and middle anthodial parts increased during the beginning of flowering and the full flowering.
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Repčák, M., Halásová, J., Hončariv, R. et al. The content and composition of the essential oil in the course of Anthodium development in wild camomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.). Biol Plant 22, 183–191 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02892736
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