Nowadays, healthy eating is increasing the demand of functional foods by societies as sources of bioactive products with healthy qualities. For this reason, we tested the safety of the consumption of Borago officinalis L. and its main phenolic components as well as the possibility of its use as a nutraceutical plant to help in cancer prevention. The in vivo Drosophila Somatic Mutation and Recom...

introduction: borago officinalis flower (borage) is a known sedative in herbal medicine the aim of the present study was to evaluate the antinociceptive effect of borage hydroalcoholic extract in formalin test male rats. methods: fifty-six adult male albino wistar rats were randomly divided into seven groups: control groups of a (intact), b (saline), and c (positive control) plus test groups of...

Abstract:
 Borago officinalis is highly interesting amongst nutritional and medical source relate to its high composition of some useful phytochemical compound. It great plants with bright blue star-shaped flowers present in most world regions usually known as borage. The analysis showed the presence alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids, phenolic acids, essential oil, vitamins others. Borage cul...

Introduction: Borago officinalis flower (borage) is a known sedative in herbal medicine the aim of the present study was to evaluate the antinociceptive effect of borage hydroalcoholic extract in formalin test male rats. Methods: Fifty-six adult male albino Wistar rats were randomly divided into seven groups: Control groups of A (intact), B (saline), and C (Positive control) plus test grou...

Background: Medicinal plants with natural antioxidants have been shown to be beneficial in a variety of complications such as anxiety. The elevated plus-maze (EPM) is one of the most widely used models to assess anxiety in small rodents. Objectives: This study was designed to characterize the anxiolytic-like activity of Borago officinalis (Linnaeus, family Boraginaceae) or Borage flowers extrac...

the study was conducted to investigate the effect of humic acid on the germination properties of medicinal plants borago officinalis and cichorium intybus in a completely randomized design with five replications. experimental treatment comprised the following dosages 0, 15, and 30 g l-1. the results revealed that effect of humic acid on the germination properties of c. intybus was significant (p