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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-MONOLAURIN | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-MONOMYRISTIN | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-OCTACOSANOL | 0 | Fruit | 58.0 | 187.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | 0 | Fruit | not available | 270.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | 0 | Fruit | not available | 19.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOSYRINGONE | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ACETOVANILLONE | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ANTHRANILIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| APIGENIN-7-O-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARABINOSE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | 11.0 | 88.0 | -0.28 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| ASH | 0 | Fruit | 3770.0 | 29000.0 | -0.72 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | 3.0 | 24.0 | -0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Fruit | 33.0 | 281.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | 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) |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-MYRISTATE | 0 | 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) |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-MYRISTYL-BETA-GLUCOSIDES | 0 | 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) |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-D-GLUCOSIDE | 6 | Fruit | not available | 220.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiproliferant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprotozoal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipsoriac | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipurpuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiradicular | 13 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | 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 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiReye's | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirheumatic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 6 | Martindale's 28th |