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Plant Borago officinalis (Boraginaceae)

Common Names
Borage, Beebread, Beeplant, Talewort
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-BORNESITOL 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
7-ACETYL-INTERMEDINE 0 Leaf 0.1 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-ACETYL-LYCOPSAMINE 0 Leaf 0.1 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLINTERMEDINE 1 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ACETYLLYCOPSAMINE 1 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALANINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf 2.0 8.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 2.0 98.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed not available 300.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIN 12 Embryo not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALLANTOIN 12 Leaf not available 61.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALLANTOIN 12 Rhizome not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALLANTOIN 12 Root not available 49.0 -0.71 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALLANTOIN 12 Seed not available 423.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALLANTOIN 12 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
AMABILINE 1 Leaf 0.1 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AMABILINE 1 Seed not available 20.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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