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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |