Plant Uncaria tomentosa (Pedaliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cat's Claw; Garabato Amarillo; Una de Gato

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
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Bark	not available	25.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
16-ALPHA-HYDROXY-3-BETA-METHOXY-URSA-12,19(29)-DIEN-27,28-DIOIC-ACID	0	Root Bark	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
27-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-QUINOVIC-ACID	0	Root Bark	not available	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-6-BETA-19-ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-23-OXO-URS-12-EN-28-OIC ACID	0	Bark	not available	57.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-6-BETA-19-ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-ENE-23-28-DIOIC ACID	0	Root Bark	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-3-OXO-URS-12-EN-27,28-DIOIC-ACID	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3BETA,6BETA,19ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	65.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3BETA,6BETA,19ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3BETA,6BETA,19ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID	0	Root Bark	197.0	250.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5ALPHA-CARBOXYSTRICTOSIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5ALPHA-CARBOXYSTRICTOSIDINE	0	Root Bark	not available	255.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-BETA-19-ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-3-OXO-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID	0	Root Bark	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AKUAMMIGINE	3	Leaf	not available	9200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AKUAMMIGINE	3	Root	not available	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLOISOPTEROPODINE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLOPTEROPODINE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANGUSTINE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	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.

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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
(-)-Chronotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adrenergic-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adrenolytic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	Hanke, F. J., Natural Products as a Resource for Biologically Active Compounds, Thesis, U. Cal (Santa Cruz), 1986, 252 pp
Allergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	2	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	1	Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.