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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 2 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |