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Borage

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Borage in plain language

What it is

Also known as Borago officinalis leaf · Borago officinalis · Borago officinalis herb · Borago officinalis leaf extract · Borago officinalis top · Beebread leaf

Show all 20 names

Borage extract · Borage leaf · Borage top · Borraja leaf · Borraja top · Common borage · Common borage leaf · Common borage top · Cool-tankard leaf · Cool-tankard top · Tale-wort leaf · Tale-wort top · Melaleuca grandiflora leaf · Melaleuca grandiflora top

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Borage yet.

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Borage appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • In marketed US drugs
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substance2 entries
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as concept.Source →
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →
  • USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 11 active drug products and 11 total products.
    • FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 11 active drug products and 11 total products.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Borage yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

3 data sources

Where this comes from

  • FDA National Drug Code Directory

    regulatory · updated 2027-12-31

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often FDA National Drug Code directory has listed Borage in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

11

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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Borage; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.