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
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 *

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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
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Triglycerigenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Trypanocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uricogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator	8	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.