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
Cholagogue	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Choline-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	1	Friedman, M. and Dao, L. 1990. Effect of Autoclaving and Conventional and Microwave Baking on the Ergot Alkaloid and Chlorogenic Acid Contents of Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor Cav. cv.) Heavenly Blue Seeds. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 805-808.
CNS-Active	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	3	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
COMP-Inhibitor	1	Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COX-2-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Cytoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Dopaminergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Elastase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic?	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Febrifuge	2	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fungicide	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.