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Plant 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.
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
AMABILINE 1 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ARABINOSE 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.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 30.0 5005.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Shoot not available 39.0 -0.37 Jim Duke's personal files.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Leaf not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BORNESITOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANOGENS 0 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.
CYNAUSTINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DELPHINIDIN 9 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DHURRIN 1 Plant 35.0 350.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed 2500.0 7390.0 -0.74 Heredity 65: 249-257. 1990.
FAT 0 Leaf 7000.0 100000.0 0.87 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 130000.0 383000.0 0.62 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotropic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Int. J. Immunopharmacology. Vol 10: 729, 1988.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 5 Duke, 1992 *