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Borage Oil

Borage oil, standardized to gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) has been used to relieve symptoms of eczema.  In addition it has been suggested that GLA may potential as an adjunctive therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (DeLuca et al. 1995, atherosclerosis (,Fan et al. 1995), tumor growth, metastasis (Jiang et al. 1995), and diabetic neuropathy (Cameron and Cotter 1996) .  GLA has an expansive number of uses, all of which can potentially address very serious health concerns.

References

DeLuca P., Rothman D., Zurier R. B. Marine and botanical lipids as immunomodulatory and therapeutic agents in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Rheum. Dis. Clin. N. Am. 1995; 21:759-777

Fan Y.-Y., Ramos K. S., Chapkin R. S. Dietary -linolenic acid modulates macrophage-vascular smooth muscle cell interactions: evidence for a macrophage-derived soluble factor that downregulates DNA synthesis in smooth muscle cells. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 1995; 15:1397-1403

Jiang W. G., Hiscox S., Hallett M. B., Horrobin D. F., Mansel R. E., Puntis M. C. Regulation of the expression of E-cadherin on human cancer cells by gamma-linolenic acid (GLA). Cancer Res. 1995; 55:5043-5048

Cameron N. E., Cotter M. A. Comparision of the effects of ascorbyl gamma-linolenic acid and gamma-linolenic acid in the correction of neurovascular deficits in diabetic rats. Diabetologia 1996; 39:1047-1054

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