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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Uncaria tomentosa (Pedaliaceae)

Common Names
Cat's Claw; Garabato Amarillo; Una de Gato
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-FUCOSYL)-(28-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER 0 Bark *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCETA-D-GLUCOSYLESTEROSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOSYL)-(28-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER 0 Bark *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSIDE) 0 Bark 46.0 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSY)-(28-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL ESTER 0 Bark 50.0 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOSIDE) 0 Bark *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-(1-3)-BETA-D-FUCOSYL)-(27-1)-B 0 Bark *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-(BETA-D-QUINOVOSYL)-(28-1)-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER 0 Bark *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-BETA-D-FUCOSYL-27-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER 0 Root Bark 160.0 *
QUINOVIC ACID-3-BETA-O-BETA-D-QUINOVOSYL-27-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL ESTER 0 Root Bark 150.0 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3-BETA-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root Bark 17.0 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3-BETA-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-(1,3)-GLUCOPYRANOSYL 0 Root Bark 18.0 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3-BETA-O-BETA-D-QUINOVOPYRANOSYL-(1,3)-GALACTOPYRANOSYL 0 Root Bark 7.0 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3-BETA-O-BETA-D-QUINOVOPYRANOSYL-(1,3)-GLUCOPYRANOSYL 0 Root Bark 7.0 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1->3)BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSYL-(27->1)BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-ESTER 0 Bark 20.0 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Bark *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-BETA-D-FUCOPYRANOSYL-(27->1)BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLESTER 0 Bark *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3BETA-O-BETA-D-QUINOVOPYRANOSIDE 0 Bark *
RHYNCHOPHYLLINE 23 Leaf 7700.0 *
RHYNCHOPHYLLINE 23 Root 23.3 10300.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
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 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 7 *
Immunomodulator 3 *
Immunostimulant 8 *
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 *