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
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	134.0	707.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	1883.0	9910.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
PROCUMBIDE	0	Root	60.0	210.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROCUMBIDE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROCUMBIDE-6'-O-P-COUMAROYL-ESTER	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
PROCUMBOSIDE	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.
PROCUMBOSIDE	0	Root	not available	28.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	19380.0	102000.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Root	3000.0	24000.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Root	0.3	1.5	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Root	not available	450.0	-1.64	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Root	0.8	4.3	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	136.0	718.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE	10	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE	1	Root	6000.0	460000.0	0.32	Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE	1	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Tuber	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 *