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Common Names
Devil's Claw; Grapple Plant
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRIDOIDS | 1 | Leaf | 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. |
| IRIDOIDS | 1 | Root | 1000.0 | 30000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Root | 55.0 | 290.0 | -0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOACETOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| ISOVERBASCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFERIDE | 5 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-GLUCOSIDES | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-GLUCOSIDES | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| LYSINE | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 1034.0 | 5440.0 | 1.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | 2.0 | 7.7 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYO-INOSITOL | 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. |
| MYO-INOSITOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |