Plant Uncaria catechu (Pedaliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Gambir; Pale Catechu

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
11-METHOXYYOHIMBINE	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,14-DIHYDROGAMBIRTANNIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,14-DIHYDROGAMBIRTANNIN	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-ACETOXYDIHYDRONOMILIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADIPIC-ACID	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHOL	22	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHUTANNIC-ACID	0	Branches	not available	240000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-CATECHIN	4	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROBENZOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCORYNANTHEIN	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROGAMBIRTANNINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN	40	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMBIR-CATECHIN	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMBIRDINE	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMBIRFLUORESCEIN	0	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	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
Styptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Teratologic	1	Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tumor-Promoter	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Vasoconstrictor	1	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *