SPICES, MEDICINAL AND AROMATİC PLANTS
Borage (Borago officinalis)
Borage , also known as a starflower, is an annual herb in the flowering plant family Boraginaceae. The seeds contain 26-38% of borage seed oil, of which 17-28% is gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), the richest known source. The oil also contains the fatty acids palmitic acid (10-11%), stearic acid (3.5-4.5%), oleic acid (16-20%), linoleic acid (35-38%), eicosenoic acid (3.5-5.5%), erucic acid (1.5-3.5%), and nervonic acid (1.5%).
