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Plant Serenoa repens (Arecaceae)

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Common name(s)
Saw Palmetto, Scrub-Palmetto
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
6 1-MONOLAURIN Fruit -- -- -- *
6 1-MONOMYRISTIN Fruit -- -- -- *
0 1-OCTACOSANOL Fruit 58.0 187.0 -- *
0 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL Fruit -- -- -- *
0 3,7,11,15,19,23,27,31-OCTAMETHYL-DOTRIACONTA-2-CIS-6-CIS-10-CIS-14-CIS-18-TRANS-22-TRANS-26-TRANS-OCTAEN-1-OL Fruit -- 270.0 -- *
0 3,7,11,15,19,23,31,35-NONAMETHYL-HEXATRIACONTA-2-CIS-6-CIS-10-CIS-14-CIS-18-CIS-22-TRANS-26-TRANS-30-TRANS-3,4-TRANS-NON Fruit -- 19.0 -- *
0 ACETOSYRINGONE Wood -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 ACETOVANILLONE Wood -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
6 ANTHRANILIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
101 APIGENIN Fruit -- -- -- By assumption; if a glycoside is reported, it is automatically assumed that the aglycone is present also in the plant, though sometimes in traces only.
0 APIGENIN-7-O-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 ARABINOSE Fruit -- -- -- Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 11.0 88.0 -0.28 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
0 ASH Fruit 3770.0 29000.0 -0.72 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
53 BETA-CAROTENE Fruit 3.0 24.0 -0.10 *
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Fruit 33.0 281.0 -0.43 *
0 BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-DIGLUCOSIDE Plant -- -- -- Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind)
0 BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-MYRISTATE Plant -- -- -- Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind)
0 BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-MYRISTYL-BETA-GLUCOSIDES Plant -- -- -- Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind)
6 BETA-SITOSTEROL-D-GLUCOSIDE Fruit -- 220.0 -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.