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
GAMBIRIIN-A1	3	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMBIRIIN-A2	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMBIRIIN-A3	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMBIRIIN-B1	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMBIRIIN-B2	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMBIRIIN-B3	3	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMBIRIIN-C	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMBIRINE	3	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMBIRTANNINE	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOGAMBIRDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-EPICATECHOL	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-EPICATECHOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MITRAPHYLLINE	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OUROUPARIN	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXOGAMBIRTANNINE	0	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	0	Branches	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
Antihepatotoxic	2	Okuda, T., Yoshida, T., and Hatano, T. Antioxidant Effects of Tannins and Related Polyphenols. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.7 p.93.
Antiherpetic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	4	Tan, G.T., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn,* A.D., Hughes, S.H. Evaluation Of Natural Products As Inhibitors Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reverse Transcriptase. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 143-154, 1991.
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperglycemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilipoperoxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	2	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimelanomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMRSA	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimyocarditic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinesidioblastosic	1	Martindale's 29th