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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antiprostanoid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatitic | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproteolytic | 1 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| Antipruritic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antipsoriac | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antipulmonotic | 1 | Tyler, V.E.. 1994. |
| Antipyretic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiradicular | 7 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antiretinopathic | 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 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisalmonella | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |