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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIPASE | 0 | 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. |
| LUPEN-3-ONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit | 510.0 | 3930.0 | 0.83 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | 1.2 | 8.9 | -0.34 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MANNITOL | 18 | 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. |
| MANNITOL | 18 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNOSE | 3 | 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. |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | 4800.0 | 116000.0 | 5.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Fruit | 10.0 | 75.0 | 0.19 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| OCTACOSAN-1-OL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Fruit | 11400.0 | 332000.0 | 2.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-OXYBENZALDEHYDE | 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. |
| P-OXYBENZOIC-ACID | 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. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Fruit | 3800.0 | 87000.0 | 0.99 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Insulinogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Irritant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| JNK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Juvabional | 2 | Russell, G. B., Phytochemical resources for crop protection, N. Z. J. Technol., 2, 1986, 127-134. |
| Larvistat | 1 | 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. |
| Laxative | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 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 |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Lithogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lubricant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAPK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memorigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memory-Enhancer | 1 | Science News, 138: 189, 1990. |