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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |