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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Harpagophytum procumbens (Pedaliaceae)

Common Names
Devil's Claw; Grapple Plant
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
N-ALKANES 0 Root Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
N-DOCOSANE 0 Tuber *
N-DOTRIACONTANE 0 Tuber *
N-HENEICOSANE 0 Tuber *
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Tuber *
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Tuber *
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Tuber *
N-NONACOSANE 1 Tuber *
N-OCTACOSANE 0 Tuber *
N-PENTACOSANE 0 Tuber *
N-TETRACOSANE 0 Tuber *
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Tuber *
N-TRICOSANE 0 Tuber *
NIACIN 39 Root 15.0 79.0 0.83 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Root *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Tuber *
OLEANOLIC-ACID-ACETATE 0 Tuber *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Tuber *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Tuber *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Root *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 20 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 3 Martindale's 28th
Carcinogenic 3 *
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 10 *
Cardiotonic 2 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Chemopreventive 5 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 7 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Circulotonic 1 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 2 *