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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-MONOLAURIN | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-MONOMYRISTIN | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-OCTACOSANOL | 0 | Fruit | 58.0 | 187.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3,7,11,15,19,23,27,31-OCTAMETHYL-DOTRIACONTA-2-CIS-6-CIS-10-CIS-14-CIS-18-TRANS-22-TRANS-26-TRANS-OCTAEN-1-OL | 0 | Fruit | not available | 270.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3,7,11,15,19,23,31,35-NONAMETHYL-HEXATRIACONTA-2-CIS-6-CIS-10-CIS-14-CIS-18-CIS-22-TRANS-26-TRANS-30-TRANS-3,4-TRANS-NON | 0 | Fruit | not available | 19.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOSYRINGONE | 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. |
| ACETOVANILLONE | 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. |
| ANTHRANILIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN | 101 | 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. |
| APIGENIN-7-O-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARABINOSE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | 11.0 | 88.0 | -0.28 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| ASH | 0 | Fruit | 3770.0 | 29000.0 | -0.72 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | 3.0 | 24.0 | -0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Fruit | 33.0 | 281.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind) |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-MYRISTATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind) |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-MYRISTYL-BETA-GLUCOSIDES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind) |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-D-GLUCOSIDE | 6 | Fruit | not available | 220.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TOPO-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 2 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 4 | Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225. |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uricosuric | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 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. |
| Uterotrophic | 2 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Vasodilator | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasopressor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vulnerary | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |