Selection of borage (Borago officinalis) as a seed crop for pharmaceutical uses
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Borage: A New Crop for Southern Chile
Borage (Borago officinalis L., Boraginaceae) is an herbaceous annual (Janick et al. 1989). Current interest in this crop is for its seed which contains a high percentage of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) (allcis 6,9,12-octadecatrienoic acid) in the oil. GLA is a precursor of the prostaglandin PGE1 in the human body (Willis 1981) which is vital in many body functions, such as antithrombotic inhibito...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heredity
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0018-067X,1365-2540
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1990.93