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 |
---|---|---|
Antikeratitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antikeshan | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antiketotic | 4 | Merck 11th Edition |
Antilactobacillic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antilepric | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
Antileukemic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antileukonychic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antileukoplakic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antileukotriene | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Antileukotriene-D4 | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antilipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antilipoperoxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antilisteria | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antilithic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antilupus | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
AntiLyme | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antilymphocytic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antilymphomic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimaculitic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimalarial | 2 | Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986. |