Plant Harpagophytum procumbens (Pedaliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Devil's Claw; Grapple Plant

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
2-METHOXY-BENZYL ALCOHOL	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-ACETYL-OLEANOLIC ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHOXY-BENZYL ALCOHOL	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6'-O-(P-COUMAROYL)-PROCUMBIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
6'-O-(P-COUMAROYL)-PROCUMBIDE	0	Root	not available	31.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-O(P-COUMAROYL)-HARPAGIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
8-O(P-COUMAROYL)-HARPAGIDE	0	Root	not available	184.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-P-COUMAROYL-HARPAGIDE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOSIDE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Abstract (See species file)
ALANINE	3	Root	not available	60.0	-1.67	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Root	178.0	939.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Root	not available	840.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	13490.0	71000.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Root	not available	160.0	-1.27	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-(3'-4'-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHYL-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL(1-3)BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Abstract (See species file)
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(+)-Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-Chronotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	9	Kohda, H., Tanaka, S., Yamaoka, Y., Yahara, S., Nohara, T., Tanimoto, T., Tanaka, A. 1989. Studies on Lens-Aldose-Reductase Inhibitor in Medicinal Plants.II Active Constituents of Monochasma savatierii FRANCH, et MAXIM. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(11):3153-3154
Allelochemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *