Saw Palmetto Extract, 320 mg
Physician Formulas
Supports Healthy Prostate Function
Saw palmetto extract contains pure saw palmetto extract guaranteed to supply 45% fatty acids and beneficial plant sterols, which are the herb's key active ingredients. Extraction is done using carbon dioxide, the finished product is free of solvent residues.

Saw Palmetto Supplement Facts
Amount Per Capsule
Saw Palmetto extract (Berry) - 320 mg*
     Fatty Acids - 45% fatty acids

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Benefit of Phytosterols
Phytosterols inhibit intestinal cholesterol absorption, and fat-soluble plant stanol esters were introduced as a functional food for lowering serum cholesterol in the early 1990s; plant sterol esters entered the market at the end of the 1990s. Inhibition of the intestinal absorption of cholesterol stimulates cholesterol synthesis, a factor which limits serum cholesterol lowering to about 10% with phytosterols. Enrichment of the diet with plant stanol esters reduces absorption and serum concentrations of both cholesterol and plant sterols, whereas enrichment of the diet with plant sterol esters, especially in combination with statins, lowers serum cholesterol but increases serum plant sterol levels. Long-term cholesterol lowering, needed for the prevention of coronary heart disease, may be successful with plant stanol esters, which lower serum cholesterol in both genders over at least a year.

Campesterol in blood
Like cholesterol, campesterol and other phytosterols are transported by lipoproteins, mainly by LDL, and secreted unchanged in bile.