In this work, a lipase-catalyzed selective enzymatic hydrolysis of the borage oil was carried out using commercial enzymes and native crude enzymatic extract from Brazil as biocatalysts for the reaction. Two crude enzymatic extracts home-produced and three commercial lipases were screened for concentrating γlinolenic acid of the triacylglycerols in unhydrolyzed acylglycerols. The kinetics of en...

UNLABELLED Botanical seed oils reduce the generation of leukotrienes in patients with asthma. Our objective was to determine the efficacy of a botanical seed oil combination against airflow obstruction in asthma, and to determine the pharmacogenomic effect of the leukotriene C4 synthase (LTC4S) polymorphism A-444C. We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over clinical...

soil salinity affects ions concentrationss of plant tissues and this may alter the merits quality of medicinal plants. experiments were conducted during 2003 at the the isfahan university of technology campus, isfahan, iran, to assess the effects of five soil salinity levels (3.2, 3.6, 4.5, 5.4 and 7.5 ds m-1) on na, k, and ca contents of borage and echium. each plant species was studied in a s...

Background: Atopic dermatitis is a hereditary, chronic and recurrent disease (in 5%-10% of children).Topical corton is prescribed for this lesion as a routine cure. Studies show that patients with atopic dermatitis suffer from Essential fatty acids (EFA) deficiency. Borage tea is one of the sources enriched of EFA, it is a self – growing plant which is found abundantly in Iran. This clinica...

The ability of acetone and ethyl acetate extracts of the leaves of a traditional Indian medicinal plant, Indian borage (Plectranthus amboinicus Benth) to prevent spoilage of artificially inoculated model food systems (cabbage and papaya) and natural microflora of chicken meat was evaluated. These extracts were able to reduce the bacterial counts in all food systems; however, the effective conce...

Recent studies all indicated that both the affinities and subdivision of Boraginaceae s.str. are unsatisfactorily resolved. Major open issues are the placement and affinities of Boraginaceae s.str. in Boraginales and the major clades of the family, with especially the large tribes Cynoglosseae and Eritrichieae repeatedly retrieved as non-monophyletic groups, and the doubtful monophyly of severa...

this study was conducted to compare the effects of diets borage powder and control (no additives diets) on broiler’s average blood cell counts and immune system on the broiler chicks. sixty four male broiler chicks (ross 308) randomly allocated into one of two treatments with four replicates of eight chickens based on a completely randomized block design.  diets were include control (no additiv...

Recently, borage (Borago officinalis L. Boraginaceae) has been the subject of increasing agricultural interest because of the potential market for gamma linolenic acid (GLA), an unusual fatty acid extracted from the oil seed. GLA is an omega-6 essential fatty acid which has been identified as having several beneficial properties. Increased interest in production of the crop in western Canada ha...

use of the growth indices is a method to assessment of intercropping efficiency. in order to evaluation growth indices of soybean, sweet basil and borage in intercropping with different ratios, an experiment base on randomized complete block design was conducted with 9 treatments and 3 replications at north khorasan in 2011. treatments were consisted of the plants pure culture, replacement seri...