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
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticariogenic	2	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.