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Plant Uncaria tomentosa (Pedaliaceae)

Common Names
Cat's Claw; Garabato Amarillo; Una de Gato
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
QUINOVIC ACID-(28-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-FUCOSYL)-(28-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCETA-D-GLUCOSYLESTEROSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOSYL)-(28-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSIDE) 0 Bark not available 46.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSY)-(28-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL ESTER 0 Bark not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOSIDE) 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOSYL)-(27-1)-B 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-QUINOVOSYL)-(28-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-BETA-D-FUCOSYL-27-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER 0 Root Bark not available 160.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-BETA-D-QUINOVOSYL-27-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER 0 Root Bark not available 150.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3-BETA-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root Bark not available 17.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3-BETA-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-(1,3)-GLUCOPYRANOSYL 0 Root Bark not available 18.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3-BETA-O-BETA-D-QUINOVOPYRANOSYL-(1,3)-GALACTOPYRANOSYL 0 Root Bark not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3-BETA-O-BETA-D-QUINOVOPYRANOSYL-(1,3)-GLUCOPYRANOSYL 0 Root Bark not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1->3)BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSYL-(27->1)BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-ESTER 0 Bark not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSYL-(27->1)BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLESTER 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-BETA-D-QUINOVOPYRANOSIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHYNCHOPHYLLINE 23 Leaf not available 7700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RHYNCHOPHYLLINE 23 Root 23.3 10300.0 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
Antianaphylactic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Planta Medica, 57: A56, 1991.
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 6 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 2 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Anticariogenic 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.