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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Metal-Chelator | 1 | McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25. |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Mucogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Musculotropic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Mutagenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Natriuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 5 | Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 45: 270. |
| Neoplastic | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Nephrotoxic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Neuroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nodulation-Signal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 4 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |