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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Borago officinalis (Boraginaceae)

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

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-BORNESITOL 0 Plant 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 *
7-ACETYL-LYCOPSAMINE 0 Leaf 0.1 3.0 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Leaf 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 *
ACETYLINTERMEDINE 1 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
ACETYLLYCOPSAMINE 1 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
ALANINE 3 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf 2.0 8.0 -0.61 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 2.0 98.0 -0.44 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed 300.0 -0.80 *
ALLANTOIN 12 Embryo Jim Duke's personal files.
ALLANTOIN 12 Leaf 61.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALLANTOIN 12 Rhizome Jim Duke's personal files.
ALLANTOIN 12 Root 49.0 -0.71 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALLANTOIN 12 Seed 423.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALLANTOIN 12 Sprout Seedling *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
AMABILINE 1 Leaf 0.1 3.0 *
AMABILINE 1 Seed 20.0 Jim Duke's personal files.

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11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 6 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 5 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).