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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 530.0 | 7579.0 | 0.48 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Leaf | 4700.0 | 67210.0 | 1.63 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 18000.0 | 257400.0 | 0.45 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 209000.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUFA | 4 | Seed | 27300.0 | 80430.0 | -0.19 | J. Pharm. Belg. 43:359-363. 1988. |
| PYRROLIZIDINES | 0 | Plant | 2.0 | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| RESIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 1.0 | 21.0 | -0.08 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Plant | 500.0 | 7000.0 | -1.30 | Fitoterapia No.62: 166. |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Shoot | not available | 500.0 | -0.83 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SAPONINS | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| SERINE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SERINE | 1 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SFA | 0 | Seed | 21710.0 | 63960.0 | 0.05 | J. Pharm. Belg. 43:359-363. 1988. |
| SILICIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | 15000.0 | 22000.0 | -1.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | 800.0 | 11440.0 | 0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 6110.0 | 18000.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STERIDONIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Osteolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 1 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| P450-Inducer | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Parasympathomimetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 2 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 4 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pigment | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |