Borago officinalis

Traditional uses

  • Corn

    Tradition: Spain

  • Cyanogenetic

    Tradition: US

  • Diuretic

    Tradition: Haiti

  • Emollient

    Tradition: Turkey

  • Fever

    Tradition: Turkey

  • Laxative

    Tradition: Turkey

  • Nervine

    Tradition: Turkey

  • Sudorific

    Tradition: Haiti

  • Tumor

    Tradition: Chile

  • Depurative

    Tradition: Turkey

  • Spasm

    Tradition: Turkey

  • Diaphoretic

    Tradition: Elsewhere

Chemicals

  • ALKALOIDS

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 2 to 98

  • ASCORBIC-ACID

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 30 to 5005

  • CARBOHYDRATES

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 30600 to 437580

  • BETA-CAROTENE

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 25 to 360

  • CHOLINE

    Plant part: Leaf

  • FAT

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 7000 to 100000

  • GALACTOSE

    Plant part: Plant

  • GLUCOSE

    Plant part: Leaf

  • HYDROXYPROLINE

    Plant part: Seed

  • IRON

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 33 to 472

  • LACTIC-ACID

    Plant part: Leaf

  • LYCOPSAMINE

    Plant part: Shoot