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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
FIBER 15 Leaf 9200.0 131560.0 -0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FRUCTOSE 8 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
GALACTOSE 1 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID 20 Fruit Essent. Oil 185000.0 240000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID 20 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID 20 Seed 26000.0 84260.0 1.21 J. Pharm. Belg. 43:359-363. 1988.
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID 20 Seed Essent. Oil 190000.0 0.91 Jim Duke's personal files.
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID 20 Seed Oil 249000.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUCOSE 7 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUCOSE 7 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLYCINE 12 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
HCN 9 Plant 15.0 *
HYDROXYPROLINE 1 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
INTERMEDINE 1 Leaf 0.1 *
INTERMEDINE 1 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
IRON 6 Leaf 33.0 472.0 0.28 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
LACTIC-ACID 8 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LACTIC-ACID 8 Plant *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antipellagric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipeptic 1 25 Dispensatory
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 1 *
Antiperiodontitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 1 *
Antipermeability 1 *
Antiperoxidant 1 Planta Medica, 57: A110, 1991.
Antipharyngitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 5 *
Antiplasmodial 1 *
AntiPMS 5 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolyneuritic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th