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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protisticide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Schistosomicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |