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
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 *