Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Uncaria catechu (Pedaliaceae)

Common Names
Gambir, Pale Catechu
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
11-METHOXYYOHIMBINE 0 Branches *
3,14-DIHYDROGAMBIRTANNIN 0 Leaf *
3,14-DIHYDROGAMBIRTANNIN 0 Stem *
7-ACETOXYDIHYDRONOMILIN 0 Seed *
ADIPIC-ACID 3 Plant *
ASH 0 Plant 30000.0 50000.0 -1.28 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CATECHINS 1 Branches 300000.0 350000.0 *
CATECHOL 22 Branches *
CATECHUTANNIC-ACID 0 Branches 240000.0 *
CELLULOSE 1 Plant *
D-CATECHIN 4 Branches *
DIHYDROBENZOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
DIHYDROCORYNANTHEIN 0 Branches *
DIHYDROGAMBIRTANNINE 0 Plant *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Branches *
EPICATECHIN 40 Branches *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Branches *
GAMBIR-CATECHIN 0 Branches *
GAMBIRDINE 0 Branches *
GAMBIRFLUORESCEIN 0 Bulb *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 2 (View) Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Anabolic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 2 (View) *
Antiaggregant 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 333.
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiallergenic 1 (View) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 1 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) *