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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-BETA-D-QUINOVOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Bark | not available | 75.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-BETA-D-QUINOVOPYRANOSIDE | 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. |
| RHYNCHOPHYLLINE | 23 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHYNCHOPHYLLINE | 23 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHYNCHOPHYLLINE-N-OXIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Van Ginkel, A. 1996. Identification of the Alkaloids and Flavonoids from Uncaria tomentosa Bark by TLC in Quality Control. Phytotherapy Research, 10: S18-S19. |
| SPECIOPHYLLINE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPECIOPHYLLINE | 1 | 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. |
| UNCARINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNCARINE-F | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Fernando Cabieses, 1994. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Interleukin-1-alpha-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interleukin-6-mRNA-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| JNK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Juvabional | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Larvistat | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 4 | 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. |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metal-Chelator | 1 | McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25. |
| Mutagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myocontractant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Natriuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 1 | Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183. |
| Neuroparalytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroprotective | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |