Saw Palmetto Extract
Botanical Source: Serenoa Repens(Bartr. )Small
CAS NO.: 84604-15-9
Part Used: Berry
Active Ingredient: Total Fatty Acids
Specification: ≥ 25%; ≥ 45%
Appearance: Fine light yellow to white powder

Description:
Saw palmetto is a plant. Its ripe fruit is used to make medicine. It is best known for its use in decreasing symptoms of an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hypertrophy, BPH). Saw palmetto is used for treating certain types of prostate infections. It is also sometimes used, in combination with other herbs, to treat prostate cancer. Some people use saw palmetto for colds and coughs, sore throat, asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, and migraine headache. It is also used to increase urine flow (as a diuretic), to promote relaxation (as a sedative), and to enhance sexual drive (as an aphrodisiac).
Saw palmetto fruit (berry) is a large reddish-black drupe and is an important food source for wildlife and historically for humans. It contains constituents such as fatty acids, steroidal saponins, phytosterols, volatile oil, resin, tannins. Saw Palmetto berries contain an oil with a variety of fatty acids and phytosterols. These fatty acids include capric, caprylic, caproic, lauric, palmitic, and oleic acid and their ethyl esters. The major phytosterols are beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, cycloartenol, stigmasterol, cycloartenol, lupeol, lupenone, and 24-methyl-cyclo-artenol.

Main Function:
Prevent and relieve symptoms of prostate enlargement (benign prostatic hyperplasia);
Anti-mucosal;
Treat urinary tract infections;
Calm the irritated and overactive bladder occasionally associated with bedwetting;
Reduce hormonal damage to prostate cells, possibly reducing the future risk of developing prostate cancer;
Maintain healthy blood vessels, nerves and tissues;
Lower cholesterol;
Tonic and Expectorant for mucous membranes, particularly the bronchial passages.