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
2-METHOXY-BENZYL ALCOHOL	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-ACETYL-OLEANOLIC ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHOXY-BENZYL ALCOHOL	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6'-O-(P-COUMAROYL)-PROCUMBIDE	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.
6'-O-(P-COUMAROYL)-PROCUMBIDE	0	Root	not available	31.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-O(P-COUMAROYL)-HARPAGIDE	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.
8-O(P-COUMAROYL)-HARPAGIDE	0	Root	not available	184.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-P-COUMAROYL-HARPAGIDE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOSIDE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Abstract (See species file)
ALANINE	3	Root	not available	60.0	-1.67	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Root	178.0	939.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Root	not available	840.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	13490.0	71000.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Root	not available	160.0	-1.27	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-(3'-4'-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHYL-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL(1-3)BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Abstract (See species file)
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	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
Piscicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pituitary-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Potassium-Sparing	1	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protease-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide	2	Chemical Express, 7: 285, 1992.
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	3	Yannai, S., Day, A. J., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1998. Characterization of Flavonoids as Monofunctional or Bifunctional Inducers of Quinone Reductase in Murine Hepatoma Cell Lines. Food Chem Toxicol, 36(8): 623-630.
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Sedative	4	Duke, 1992 *