Saw Palmetto Extract

Latin Name                    Serenoa Repens

Family                         Palmae

Part of the Plant Used            Fruit

Product Introduction

The saw palmetto or Serenoa repens is also known as palmetto scrub or cabbage palm. This plant is indigenous to the southeastern America and the islands of the West Indies. Aboriginal Americans used the fruit for food and in the treatment of a variety of urinary and reproductive system problems. The Mayans drank it as a tonic, and the Seminoles used the berries as an expectorant and antiseptic.The saw palmetto extract is an extract of the fruit of Serenoa repens. It is rich in fatty acids and phytosterols. It has been used in traditional, eclectic, and alternative medicine for a variety of indications, most notably benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Active Ingredients

Fatty acids , phytosterols, lauric acid

Product Specification

25% /45% Fatty acids（GC）

30% Lauric Acid

Physiological Functions

1. Inhibit prostate hyperplasia

2. Antibacterial activity

3. Contraction of vascular

4. Strengthen muscles

5. Anti-mucosal

6. Diuretic

Applications

1. Pharmaceutical stuff

2. Functional food and food additive