Saw Palmetto Extract Total Fatty Acids 45%, 25%

Fatty acids are important components of lipids (such as triglycerides and phospholipids) in living organisms. From a chemical perspective, they belong to a class of organic compounds composed of long-chain hydrocarbon groups and terminal carboxyl groups (-COOH). Their carbon chain lengths and degrees of saturation vary. Based on the presence or absence of double bonds in their carbon chains, fatty acids can be classified into saturated fatty acids and unsaturated fatty acids. Among these, unsaturated fatty acids have received considerable attention due to their importance to human health.
The main sources of fatty acids include natural extraction and biosynthesis. In nature, they are widely found in the fats and oils of animals and plants, such as animal fats, vegetable oils (e.g., olive oil, soybean oil, fish oil), and microbial lipids. They usually exist in the form of triglycerides or phospholipids, and rarely in a free form. In addition, organisms can also synthesize long-chain fatty acids in the cytoplasm and endoplasmic reticulum using precursors such as acetyl-CoA and NADPH through fatty acid synthesis pathways.