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
ISOPTEROPODINE	3	Root	19.3	2800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPTEROPODINE	3	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPTEROPODINE	3	Stem Bark	60.0	630.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHYNCHOPHYLLINE	15	Leaf	not available	22200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHYNCHOPHYLLINE	15	Root	45.5	21600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHYNCHOPHYLLINE	15	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHYNCHOPHYLLINE-N-OXIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOROTUNDIFOLINE	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MITRAPHYLLINE	12	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MITRAPHYLLINE	12	Leaf	not available	10900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MITRAPHYLLINE	12	Root	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MITRAPHYLLINE	12	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MITRAPHYLLINE	12	Stem Bark	30.0	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Root Bark	100.0	150.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PTEROPODINE	3	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PTEROPODINE	3	Leaf	not available	4800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PTEROPODINE	3	Root	not available	5600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PTEROPODINE	3	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PTEROPODINE	3	Stem Bark	50.0	3000.0	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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
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.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mutagenic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Myocontractant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroparalytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	2	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Oviposition-Stimulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	6	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	5	Duke, 1992 *