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
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 *