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  2. Zestra - Wikipedia

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    Zestra is an arousal gel for women that claims to increase sexual pleasure. It contains borage seed oil, evening primrose oil, angelica root extract, Coleus forskohlii extract, ascorbyl palmitate, and dl-alpha tocopherol. [1] The gel is intended to be applied topically to the outside of the female genitalia. After about five minutes, the woman ...

  3. Oenothera biennis - Wikipedia

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    Oenothera biennis, the common evening-primrose, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae, native to eastern and central North America, from Newfoundland west to Alberta, southeast to Florida, and southwest to Texas, and widely naturalized elsewhere in temperate and subtropical regions. [4]

  4. Omega-6 fatty acid - Wikipedia

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    The evening primrose flower (O. biennis) produces an oil containing a high content of γ-linolenic acid, a type of omega−6 fatty acid.Omega−6 fatty acids (also referred to as ω−6 fatty acids or n−6 fatty acids) are a family of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) that share a final carbon-carbon double bond in the n−6 position, that is, the sixth bond, counting from the methyl end.

  5. David Horrobin - Wikipedia

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    David Frederick Horrobin (6 October 1939 – 1 April 2003) was a British-Canadian entrepreneur, medical researcher, author and editor. He is best known as the founder of the biotechnology company Scotia Holdings and as a promoter of evening primrose oil as a medical treatment, [1] Horrobin was founder and editor of the journals Medical Hypotheses and Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential ...

  6. Borage seed oil - Wikipedia

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    Borage oil may contain the pyrrolizidine alkaloid amabiline, [6] [7] [8] which is hepatotoxic leading to a risk of liver damage. [1] Patients should use borage oil that is certified free of toxic unsaturated pyrrolizidine alkaloids (UPAs). [1] Consumption of 1-2 g of borage seed oil daily can result in an intake of toxic UPAs approaching 10 ug. [1]

  7. Oenothera - Wikipedia

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    The main phytochemical in this evening primrose seed oil is gamma-linolenic acid. [21] There is no high-quality scientific evidence that O. biennis or evening primrose oil has any effect on human diseases or promotion of health, [21] [22] and specifically no evidence that it is effective to treat atopic dermatitis or cancer.

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