Abstract The compounds of the oil from tubular and ligulate florets and from the receptacle of Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rausch. were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The major compounds were (E)-Î²-farnesene (14.4â17.1%), spathulenol (4.4â12.6%), Î±-bisabolone oxide A (9.2â11.2%), chamazulene (8.4â13.7%), Î±-bisabolol oxide A (4.9â11.6%) and cis-en-yn-bicycloether (2.7â13.4%).