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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Serenoa repens (Arecaceae)

Common Names
Saw Palmetto; Scrub-Palmetto
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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 *
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Fruit 1000.0 3200.0 1.41 *
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Seed Oil *
CAPRINIC-ACID 0 Fruit 18000.0 *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Fruit 600.0 1920.0 *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Seed Oil *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Fruit 920.0 13000.0 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Seed Oil *
CAROTENE 0 Seed Oil *
CERAMIDES 0 Fruit *
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 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Fruit 47.0 416.0 *
DECANOIC-ACID 3 Fruit *
EO 0 Fruit 5400.0 20000.0 -0.43 *
FARNESOL 17 Fruit 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 *
FATTY-ACIDS 0 Fruit 30000.0 92000.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiserotonin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 3 *
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 13 *
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic 2 *
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistress 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 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
Antisunburn 1 *
Antisyndrome-X 6 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
Antithrombic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antithrombogenic 1 *
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 1 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitumor 14 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.