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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMABILINE | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARABINOSE | 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. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 30.0 | 5005.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Shoot | not available | 39.0 | -0.37 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 25.0 | 360.0 | 0.43 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| BORAGO-TRIACYLGLYCEROLS | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BORNESITOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 930.0 | 5005.0 | -0.92 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 30600.0 | 437580.0 | -1.39 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYANIDIN | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CYANOGENS | 0 | 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. |
| CYNAUSTINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DELPHINIDIN | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DHURRIN | 1 | Plant | 35.0 | 350.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ERUCIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | 2500.0 | 7390.0 | -0.74 | Heredity 65: 249-257. 1990. |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 7000.0 | 100000.0 | 0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 130000.0 | 383000.0 | 0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaflatoxin | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiaggregant | 7 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Antiaging | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antialdosteronic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiallergic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |