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
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 *

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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
Antileukemic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	4	Duke, 1992 *