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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 45500.0 | 149370.0 | 0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 360000.0 | -0.99 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 25000.0 | 73000.0 | 0.69 | Wealth of India. |
| LYCOPSAMINE | 1 | Leaf | 1.0 | 3.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYCOPSAMINE | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Leaf | 520.0 | 7436.0 | 1.28 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | 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. |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Plant | 110000.0 | 300000.0 | 1.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MUFA | 13 | Seed | 74750.0 | 220225.0 | 0.80 | J. Pharm. Belg. 43:359-363. 1988. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Leaf | 9.0 | 129.0 | 0.38 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| OCTADECA-6,9,12,15-TETRAENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCTADECATETRA-6,9,12,15-ENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCTADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 22100.0 | 100000.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 200000.0 | 1.41 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 15600.0 | 46600.0 | 0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 * |