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
Antinitrosaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	5	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiproliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiproteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *