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
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Depressant	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.