Efecto in vitro de la Matricaria recutita L. sobre la respuesta de linfocitos y neutrófilos

castilla chamomile, sweet, or maroon (matricaria recutita or matricaria chamomilla) is an annual herbaceous plant of the asteraceae family, native to europe and temperate zones of asia, which has become naturalized in parts of america, africa, and australia. it has been used by man for thousands of years with different medicinal purposes. we studied the in vitro effect of an extract fluid of this plant on lymphocytes from 20 blood donors and 20 patients with a diagnosis of cellular immunodeficiency. we quantified t lymphocytes by the techniques of spontaneous and active rosette formation, and the immunocytochemical ultramicromethod (umiciq) as well as the phagocytic function (opsonophagocytic index) of neutrophils. there were no statistically significant differences in the studied parameters between experimental conditions with matricaria and without it.