Saw Palmetto

The botanical name for Saw Palmetto is Serenoa Repens. The plant is also known as Sabal or Permixon in some countries. Saw Palmetto has been used to treat an enlarged prostate in the same way as Proscar and some companies are using it in formulations to treat Androgenetic Alopecia. It is has been studied for the prostate but not for hair loss.
Saw Palmetto is widely used in other countries; for example, it is used in 50 percent of treatments for BPH in Italy and in 90 percent of such treatments in Germany.1 The active part of the plant is the sterols and free fatty acids found in the berry. The particular solvent used in the extraction process affects the resulting formulation of the product. The most widely studied form of Saw Palmetto is Permixon, which uses the solvent hexane; other formulations have used ethanol, methanol, and liquid carbon dioxide as solvents. Historically, Saw Palmetto was administered with nettle root and pumpkin seeds, and some modern formulations include these elements.
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