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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant 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
1-MONOLAURIN 6 Fruit *
1-MONOMYRISTIN 6 Fruit *
1-OCTACOSANOL 0 Fruit 58.0 187.0 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Fruit *
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 270.0 *
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 19.0 *
ACETOSYRINGONE 0 Wood List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACETOVANILLONE 0 Wood List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ANTHRANILIC-ACID 6 Fruit *
APIGENIN 101 Fruit 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 *
ARABINOSE 0 Fruit 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 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 33.0 281.0 -0.43 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant 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 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 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 220.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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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
Anticephalagic 2 (View) *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 (View) *
AntiCFS 3 (View) *
Anticheilitic 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 2 (View) *
Anticlimacteric 4 (View) *
Anticoeliac 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 (View) *
Anticolitic 2 (View) *
Anticomplementary 1 (View) *
Anticonvulsant 3 (View) Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 (View) *
AntiCrohn's 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 (View) *
AntiCVI 1 (View) *
Anticystitic 1 (View) *
Antidandruff 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.