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Common Names
Cat's Claw; Una de Gato; Garabato Colorado; Tambor Huasca; Ungunagi
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISORHYNCHOPHYLLINE-N-OXIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISORHYNCHOPHYLLINE-N-OXIDE | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MITRAPHYLLINE | 12 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MITRAPHYLLINE | 12 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MITRAPHYLLINE | 12 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MITRAPHYLLINE | 12 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| OXINDOLE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A1 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B1 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B2 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B4 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PTEROPODINE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PTEROPODINE | 3 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-D-[BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSYL]-(27-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER | 0 | Bark | not available | 125.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSYL-(27-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Bark | not available | 75.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1->3)BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSYL-(27->1)BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLESTER | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | 135.0 | not available | Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Bark | not available | 60.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSYL-(27->1)BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLESTER | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | 82.0 | not available | Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Febrifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungicide | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Hemostat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 3 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Hepatotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 1 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 2 | Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217. |
| Hypoglycemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 1 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Insectifuge | 1 | Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994. |
| Insectiphile | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Insulinogenic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |