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
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 *