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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Borago officinalis (Boraginaceae)

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 209000.0 -0.22 *
PUFA 4 Seed 27300.0 80430.0 -0.19 J. Pharm. Belg. 43:359-363. 1988.
PYRROLIZIDINES 0 Plant 2.0 100.0 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
RESIN 0 Plant *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 1.0 21.0 -0.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Inflorescence Jim Duke's personal files.
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Plant 500.0 7000.0 -1.30 Fitoterapia No.62: 166.
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Shoot 500.0 -0.83 Jim Duke's personal files.
SAPONINS 5 Leaf 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 Jim Duke's personal files.
SERINE 1 Sprout Seedling 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 *
SODIUM 1 Plant 800.0 11440.0 0.33 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 6110.0 18000.0 -0.17 *
STERIDONIC-ACID 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 1 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 3 *
Antimenorrhagic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 3 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 4 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antimutagenic 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephritic 2 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antineuralgic 2 *
Antineuramidase 1 *
Antineurasthenic 1 *
Antineuritic 1 *