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Common Names
Borage; Beebread; Beeplant; Talewort
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antidysphagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antieczemic | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antielastase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiencephalitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiencephalopathic | 5 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiendometriotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiepileptic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifatigue | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 1 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Antifertility | 1 | Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |