An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Plant Harpagophytum procumbens (Pedaliaceae)

Common Names
Devil's Claw; Grapple Plant
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
STEROLS 0 Root not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Root not available 27300.0 -0.98 Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Root 11400.0 60000.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Root 5.0 24.0 0.76 Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC ACID ACETATE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VERBASCOSIDE 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VERBASCOSIDE 20 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Root not available 810000.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Root 0.3 1.8 -0.98 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *