Review on borage (valuable medicinal plant and the richest plant source of gamma linolenic acid)

Journal of Medicinal Plants

Volumn 6, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Naghdi Badi, H ^a   Soroshzadeh, A ^a   Rezazadeh, Sh ^b   Sharifi, M ^a   Ghalavand, A ^a   Omidi, H ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Borago officinalis L.; Gamma linolenic acid; Medicinal uses

Indexed keywords

BORAGO OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID;

AGRICULTURE; ARTHRITIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BORAGO OFFICINALIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BORAGINACEAE; BORAGO OFFICINALIS;

EID: 42249093330     PISSN: 2717204X     EISSN: 27172058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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