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
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	7	Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	6	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *