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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TRIDECANOIC-ACID | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
UNDECANOIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
URONIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | 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. |
VANILLIN | 28 | 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. |
WATER | 0 | Fruit | not available | 870000.0 | 0.43 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
XYLOSE | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ZINC | 77 | Fruit | 0.7 | 5.2 | -0.76 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiflu | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antigallstone | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antigastritic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antigingivitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiglaucomic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antihangover | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antihematuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antihepatitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |