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Common Names
Devil's Claw; Grapple Plant
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Root | 134.0 | 707.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | 1883.0 | 9910.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCUMBIDE | 0 | Root | 60.0 | 210.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCUMBIDE | 0 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCUMBIDE-6'-O-P-COUMAROYL-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. |
| PROCUMBOSIDE | 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. |
| PROCUMBOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 28.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Root | 19380.0 | 102000.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Root | 3000.0 | 24000.0 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Root | 0.3 | 1.5 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Root | not available | 450.0 | -1.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Root | 0.8 | 4.3 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | 136.0 | 718.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SQUALENE | 10 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STACHYOSE | 1 | Root | 6000.0 | 460000.0 | 0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STACHYOSE | 1 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiepileptic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 4 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 3 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |