The commercial harvest of devil's claw (Harpagophytum spp.) in southern Africa: The devil's in the details

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-236

  Stewart, Kristine M ^a   Cole, David ^b  

^a Institute of Applied Ethnobotany   (United States)

^b Centre for Research Information and Action in Africa Southern African Development and Consulting   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Devil's claw; Grapple plant; Harpagophytum procumbens; Harpagophytum zeyheri; Harpgophtyti radix; Sustainable harvest

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSIDE; HARPAGIDE; HARPAGOPHYTUM EXTRACT; HARPAGOSIDE; ISOACTEOSIDE; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANALGESIA; ANGOLA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTHRITIS; BIOLOGY; BLOOD DISEASE; BOTSWANA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG COST; DYSPEPSIA; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENTEROPATHY; FEVER; FIBROSIS; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLSTONE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERMANY; GOUT; HARPAGOPHYTUM; HARPAGOPHYTUM PROCUMBENS; HARPAGOPHYTUM ZEYHERI; HARVEST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PEPTIC ULCER; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPRAIN; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; HARPAGOPHYTUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS;

HARPAGOPHYTUM; HARPAGOPHYTUM PROCUMBENS; HARPAGOPHYTUM ZEYHERI;

EID: 23944468046     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.07.004     Document Type: Review

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