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Saw Palmetto Berry Liquid Extract is derived from Serenoa repens, and provides excellent support for healthy prostate function.*

• Maintains Healthy Conversion of Di-HydroTestosterone to Testosterone*
• Supports the Prostate Gland and the Immune System*

Saw Palmetto, a member of the Palmae/Arcaceae plant family, is native to the southeastern part of the US and West Indies and was used by tribes such as the Mikasuki Seminoles for making baskets, rope, brushes, and other useful items as well as for a food and medicine source. It has been used for at least 150 years in North America as a complete genito-urinary tonic for men as well as for some conditions in women.*

Finley Ellingwood; M.D. wrote about these uses in his work "The American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy" in 1919. It was also given a nod in King’s American Dispensatory written by a doctor (Harvey Wickes Felter) and a pharmacist (John Uri Lloyd) in 1898. They mention its use for various respiratory ailments as well including laryngitis.*

Regarding saw palmetto's mechanism of action, inhibition of the enzyme 5 alpha reductase, alpha 1 andrenergic receptor antagonism, and anti-estrogenic activity in prostate tissue have all been suggested. It is interesting to notethat the prostate and uterus are embryologically analogous tissue and that as men age, testosterone levels drop and estrogen levels rise.*

Saw Palmetto Berries contain numerous lipids including; lauric, myristic and oleic acids, tri,di and monoglycerides, and phyto-sterols including large amounts of beta-sitosterol. They also contain flavonoids, polysaccharides, and an enzyme called lipase which splits the tri-glycerides into free fatty acids during the drying process and gives the berries their characteristic sharp odor.*