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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 605.0 | 4640.0 | 0.18 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Fruit | 28.0 | 90.0 | 0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRIC-ACID | 3 | Fruit | 1000.0 | 3200.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRIC-ACID | 3 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRINIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | 18000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPROIC-ACID | 1 | Fruit | 600.0 | 1920.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPROIC-ACID | 1 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Fruit | 920.0 | 13000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAROTENE | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CERAMIDES | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Fruit | 0.2 | 1.4 | -0.31 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| COBALT | 2 | Fruit | 0.6 | 5.0 | 0.07 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CYCLOARTENOL | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAUCOSTEROL | 5 | Fruit | 47.0 | 416.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANOIC-ACID | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Fruit | 5400.0 | 20000.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESOL | 17 | 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. |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 3510.0 | 27000.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FATTY-ACIDS | 0 | Fruit | 30000.0 | 92000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anorexic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 3 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Antiacne | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiADD | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadhesive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaflatoxin | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 2 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiaggregant | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaging | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiallergic | 7 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialopecic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |