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Plant Harpagophytum procumbens (Pedaliaceae)

Common Names
Devil's Claw; Grapple Plant
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
CALCIUM 28 Root 1151.0 6060.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHARPAGOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.2 1.2 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-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.
COBALT 2 Root 3.0 14.5 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Root 4750.0 25000.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Root not available 110000.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Root not available 420000.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
FISETIN 15 Root not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
FISETIN 15 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Root not available 2700.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Litholytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAPK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *