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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Uncaria catechu (Pedaliaceae)

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

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiCrohn's 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidepressant 1 *
Antidermatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidiabetic 2 *
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antielastase 1 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antiescherichic 2 *
Antiestrogenic 1 *
Antifeedant 2 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.
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigingivitic 1 *
Antigonadotropic 2 *
AntiGTF 2 *
Antihepatitic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.