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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
AMABILINE 1 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
ARABINOSE 0 Plant 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 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Shoot 39.0 -0.37 Jim Duke's personal files.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Leaf 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 Jim Duke's personal files.
BORNESITOL 0 Plant *
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 *
COBALT 2 Plant *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANOGENS 0 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CYNAUSTINE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
DELPHINIDIN 9 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
DHURRIN 1 Plant 35.0 350.0 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed 2500.0 7390.0 -0.74 Heredity 65: 249-257. 1990.
FAT 0 Leaf 7000.0 100000.0 0.87 *
FAT 0 Seed 130000.0 383000.0 0.62 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiseborrheic 1 *
Antiseptic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin 1 *
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 1 Int. J. Immunopharmacology. Vol 10: 735, 1988.
Antisickling 1 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 6 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic 1 *
Antisteatotic 1 *
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistreptococcic 1 *
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 2 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
Antisyndrome-X 3 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
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 *
Antithyreotropic 1 *
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.