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
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiradicular	2	Planta Medica, 56(6): 695, 1990.
Antiseptic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antistreptococcic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyreotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitrypanosomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).