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
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 *

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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
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	5	Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary*, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimelanogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity?	1	Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant	10	Huang, M-T., and Ferraro, T. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Cancer Prevention. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.2 p.21.
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	5	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
AntiPGE2	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque	1	Duke, 1992 *