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Plant Uncaria tomentosa (Pedaliaceae)

Common Names
Cat's Claw; Garabato Amarillo; Una de Gato
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
RHYNCHOPHYLLINE 23 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHYNCHOPHYLLINE-N-OXIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ROTUNDIFOLINE 0 Stem 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 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPECIOPHYLLINE 1 Leaf not available 10800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SPECIOPHYLLINE 1 Root not available 6600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SPECIOPHYLLINE 1 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPECIOPHYLLINE 1 Stem Bark 80.0 1600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNCARINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNCARINE-F 1 Leaf not available 2800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
UNCARINE-F 1 Plant not available not available not available Fernando Cabieses, 1994.
UNCARINE-F 1 Root not available 3100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
UNCARINE-F 1 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNCARINE-F 1 Stem Bark 30.0 630.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.