Common Names
Saw Palmetto; Scrub-Palmetto
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PECTIN | 24 | Fruit | 605.0 | 4640.0 | -0.58 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 2105.0 | 16200.0 | 3.94 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
PHYTOL | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Fruit | not available | 128.0 | -1.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
POLYSACCHARIDE-S1 | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
POLYSACCHARIDE-S2 | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
POLYSACCHARIDE-S3 | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
POLYSACCHARIDE-S4 | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
POPULNIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 2325.0 | 17900.0 | 0.00 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 14300.0 | 110000.0 | 0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
RHAMNOSE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
RHOIFOLIN | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
RHOIFOLIN | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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) |
RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 1.0 | 7.3 | 0.49 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
RUTIN | 87 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
SABAL-SERRULATA-ACIDIC-POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
SELENIUM | 60 | Fruit | 0.3 | 2.6 | 0.26 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
SERENOA-POLYPRENOL-2 | 0 | Fruit | not available | 5.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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11B-HSD-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
5-HT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
ACE-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Acidulant | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Allelochemic | 2 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
Allelopathic | 4 | Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865. |
Allergenic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Amphiglycemic? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Analgesic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Androgenic? | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Anemiagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |