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
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	7	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229