Plant Borago officinalis (Boraginaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Borage; Beebread; Beeplant; Talewort

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
SUPINIDINE?	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUPININE	4	Leaf	0.1	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUPININE	4	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
SUPININE-VIRIDIFLORATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
SUPININE-VIRIDIFLORATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	30000.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
THESININE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
THESININE	0	Seed	not available	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THESININE	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	1.0	9.0	0.14	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
WATER	0	Herb	0.0	930000.0	-1.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZINC	77	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Abstract (See species file)

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasphyctic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.