Plant Serenoa repens (Arecaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Saw Palmetto; Scrub-Palmetto

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
SERENOA-POLYPRENOL-3	0	Fruit	not available	35.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Fruit	1.0	7.8	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	65.0	495.0	-0.14	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SORBITOL	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SPHINGOLIPIDES	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	720.0	2305.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEROLS	0	Exocarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEROLS	0	Mesocarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Fruit	12.0	38.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Fruit	13000.0	100000.0	-0.47	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SYRINGALDEHYDE	4	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.
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	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.
TANNIN	35	Root	not available	75800.0	-0.02	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TANNIN	35	Stem	not available	54800.0	-0.51	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TETRACOSANOL	0	Fruit	1.6	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.6	5.0	-0.04	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE	0	Fruit	0.7	5.0	0.73	Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTAN-1-OL	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRICONTANOL	0	Fruit	13.0	42.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Kidney)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.