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Common Names
Cat's Claw; Garabato Amarillo; Una de Gato
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CINCHONAIN-1-A | 0 | Bark | not available | 25.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONAIN-1-B | 0 | Bark | not available | 65.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CORYNOXEINE | 1 | Leaf | not available | 190.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CORYNOXEINE | 1 | Root | not available | 510.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCORYNANTHEINE | 7 | Leaf | not available | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCORYNANTHEINE | 7 | Root | not available | 710.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCORYNANTHEINE-N-OXIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIRSUTEINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | 140.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIRSUTEINE | 3 | Root | not available | 190.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIRSUTINE | 8 | Leaf | not available | 330.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIRSUTINE | 8 | Root | not available | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIRSUTINE-N-OXIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOAJMALICINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 310.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOCORYNOXEINE | 1 | Leaf | not available | 600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOCORYNOXEINE | 1 | Root | not available | 950.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOMITRAPHYLLINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | 25000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOMITRAPHYLLINE | 3 | Root | not available | 3300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOMITRAPHYLLINE | 3 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOMITRAPHYLLINE | 3 | Stem Bark | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOPTEROPODINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | 3100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiglaucomic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antihematuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 1 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatitic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194. |
| Antihistaminic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperglycemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperlipidemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperthyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinflammatory | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiischemic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiLegionella | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |