BORAGO OFFICINALIS LINN: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS AND ITS VARIOUS PHARMACOLOGICAL USES

The plant Borago officinalis Linn is known as starflower, borage and gaozaban in Unani system of medicine, which is an annual herb found in Syria, Europe, America and Asia. In this study different aspects of borage such as plant characteristics, production, applications in traditional medicine, clinical considerations, its effects on patients' blood and urine biochemistry, and also the effect of the its products on liver and kidney performance tests are presented using published articles in scientific sites.

Key word: Borago officinalis Linn, Boraginaceae, Phytoconstituents, hepatoprotective effect, Anxiolytic Activity.