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Common Names
Cat's Claw; Garabato Amarillo; Una de Gato
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-EPICATECHIN | 38 | Bark | not available | 25.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 16-ALPHA-HYDROXY-3-BETA-METHOXY-URSA-12,19(29)-DIEN-27,28-DIOIC-ACID | 0 | Root Bark | not available | 8.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 27-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-QUINOVIC-ACID | 0 | Root Bark | not available | 9.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-BETA-6-BETA-19-ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-23-OXO-URS-12-EN-28-OIC ACID | 0 | Bark | not available | 57.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-BETA-6-BETA-19-ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-ENE-23-28-DIOIC ACID | 0 | Root Bark | not available | 8.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-BETA-HYDROXY-3-OXO-URS-12-EN-27,28-DIOIC-ACID | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3BETA,6BETA,19ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID | 0 | Bark | not available | 65.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3BETA,6BETA,19ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3BETA,6BETA,19ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID | 0 | Root Bark | 197.0 | 250.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5ALPHA-CARBOXYSTRICTOSIDINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5ALPHA-CARBOXYSTRICTOSIDINE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | 255.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-BETA-19-ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-3-OXO-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID | 0 | Root Bark | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AKUAMMIGINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | 9200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AKUAMMIGINE | 3 | Root | not available | 300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLOISOPTEROPODINE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLOPTEROPODINE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANGUSTINE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Van Ginkel, A. 1996. Identification of the Alkaloids and Flavonoids from Uncaria tomentosa Bark by TLC in Quality Control. Phytotherapy Research, 10: S18-S19. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hemostat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 5 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 4 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 1 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Insectifuge | 1 | Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994. |
| Insectiphile | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Insulinogenic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Juvabional | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Larvistat | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Leucocytogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |