Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "Borage oil"

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    • Impact of botanical oils on polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism and leukotriene generation in mild asthmatics 

      Arm, Jonathan P; Boyce, Joshua A; Wang, Lin; Chhay, Heng; Zahid, Muhammad; Patil, Vaishali; Govindarajulu, Usha; Ivester, Priscilla; Weaver, Kelly L; Sergeant, Susan; Israel, Elliot; Chilton, Floyd H (BioMed Central, 2013)
      Background: Dietary supplementation with botanical oils that contain n-6 and n-3 eighteen carbon chain (18C)-PUFA such as γ linolenic acid (GLA, 18:3n-6), stearidonic acid (SDA, 18:4n-3) and α linolenic acid (ALA, 18:3n-3) ...

    • LTC4 synthase polymorphism modifies efficacy of botanical seed oil combination in asthma 

      Kazani, Shamsah; Arm, Jonathan P; Boyce, Joshua; Chhay, Heng; Dutile, Stefanie; Wechsler, Michael E; Govindarajulu, Usha; Ivester, Priscilla; Ainsworth, Hannah C; Sergeant, Susan; Chilton, Floyd H; Israel, Elliot (Springer International Publishing, 2014)
      Botanical seed oils reduce the generation of leukotrienes in patients with asthma. Our objective was to determine the efficacy of a botanical seed oil combination against airflow obstruction in asthma, and to determine the ...