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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Fruit | 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. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Fruit | not available | 130000.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Fruit | not available | 400000.0 | 0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FUCOSE | 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. |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | 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. |
| GERANYL-GERANIOL | 11 | Fruit | not available | 16.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | 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. |
| GLUCURONIC-ACID | 4 | 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. |
| GLYCEROL | 8 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXACOSAN-1-OL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXACOSANOL | 0 | Fruit | 2.0 | 7.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 9.0 | 66.0 | -0.27 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | 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. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE | 4 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Fruit | 12080.0 | 240000.0 | 2.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | 1840.0 | 36000.0 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | 240.0 | 770.0 | -0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiviral | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiyeast | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AP-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 2 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999. |
| Arrhythmigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Artemicide | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Arteriodilator | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Ascaricide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Asthma-preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Astringent | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Bacteristat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Antagonist? | 1 | Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991. |