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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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List of plant chemicals.
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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
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 2 *
Protisticide 3 *
Psychotropic 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.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Purgative 1 Martindale's 28th
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 2 *
Schistosomicide 1 *
Secretogogue 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Sedative 4 *
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 3 *
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratologic 1 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.