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
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	4	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiproliferative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.