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
QUINOVIC ACID-(28-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-FUCOSYL)-(28-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCETA-D-GLUCOSYLESTEROSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOSYL)-(28-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSIDE)	0	Bark	not available	46.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSY)-(28-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL ESTER	0	Bark	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOSIDE)	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOSYL)-(27-1)-B	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-QUINOVOSYL)-(28-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-BETA-D-FUCOSYL-27-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER	0	Root Bark	not available	160.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-BETA-D-QUINOVOSYL-27-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER	0	Root Bark	not available	150.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3-BETA-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE	0	Root Bark	not available	17.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3-BETA-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-(1,3)-GLUCOPYRANOSYL	0	Root Bark	not available	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3-BETA-O-BETA-D-QUINOVOPYRANOSYL-(1,3)-GALACTOPYRANOSYL	0	Root Bark	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3-BETA-O-BETA-D-QUINOVOPYRANOSYL-(1,3)-GLUCOPYRANOSYL	0	Root Bark	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1->3)BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSYL-(27->1)BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-ESTER	0	Bark	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSYL-(27->1)BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLESTER	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-BETA-D-QUINOVOPYRANOSIDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHYNCHOPHYLLINE	23	Leaf	not available	7700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHYNCHOPHYLLINE	23	Root	23.3	10300.0	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.