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
GALACTOSE	1	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.
GALACTOSE	1	Root	not available	3600.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Root	not available	2500.0	-0.95	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGIDE	6	Root	not available	546.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGIDE	6	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGOGENIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
HARPAGOGENIN	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGOQUINONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Abstract (See species file)
HARPAGOQUINONE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGOSIDE	6	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGOSIDE	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGOSIDE	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGOSIDE	6	Root	1000.0	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGOSIDE	6	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGOSIDE	6	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGOSIDE	6	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARPAQUINONE	0	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 *