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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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiplasmodial 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 2 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiradicular 4 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.
Antisarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiTGF-beta 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *