Natural plants products are one of the famous and commonly utilized remedies used in fighting diseases. This study was conducted to evaluate antioxidant activity of plants commonly used in Palestine (Urtica urens, Rumex cyprius and Borago officinalis). Free radical scavenging activity method was evaluated by using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl-hydrate. The result show that the overall antioxid...

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 o...

BACKGROUND Borago officinalis and its derivatives are used in folk medicine to treat asthma because of its special effect on allergic disorders. It suppresses the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and delivers gamma-linolenic acid. The objective of this clinical trial was to determine the effect of Borago officinalis on clinical and physiological findings in moderate persistent asthma. ...

Effect of Date Kernel Biochars on Enzymatic Activity in Rhizosphere and Non-rhizosphere Soils European Borage (Borago officinalis L.)

Figure 1. Antigenotoxic activity of Borago officinalis plant material: (a) blue flowered (BF) and (b) white flowered (WF) plant material expressed as mutation frequency corrected to control. Strength of inhibition on the capability of H2O2 (0.12 M) to induce mutated cells is also shown (Inhibition Percentage in brackets). White columns correspond with tested concentrations of simple treatments,...

AIM OF THE STUDY In this study, we investigated the crude extract of Borago officinalis leaves (Bo.Cr) for its antispasmodic, bronchodilator, vasodilator and cardio-depressant activities to rationalize some of the traditional uses. MATERIALS AND METHODS Bo.Cr was studied using different isolated tissue preparations including rabbit jejunum, trachea, aorta, and guinea-pig atria. RESULTS Bo.C...

Introducción. Fusarium sp y Alternaria son hongos fitopatógenos que causan serios problemas en cultivos el sector agrícola, situación genera pérdidas económicas importantes. Además, debido a la producción de micotoxinas representan una amenaza para salud los consumidores las plantas. Objetivo. Evaluar actividad antifúngica del extracto etanólico hojas borraja (Borago officinalis) sobre sp. Mate...

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...

in order to evaluate the effects of plant dendity on flower and essential oil yield and some important agronomic indices in borage (borago officinalis l.) under climatic condition of guilan province, this experiment was performed based on randomized complete block design with three replications, at shalman research station of agricultural and natural resource research center of guilan province,...