Ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Uncaria (Rubiaceae)

Phytochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-29

  Heitzman, Mary E ^a   Neto, Catherine C ^a   Winiarz, Elizabeth ^a   Vaisberg, Abraham J ^b   Hammond, Gerald B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Cat's claw; Immunomodulatory; Oxindole alkaloids; Pentacyclic triterpenes; Quinovic acid; Rubiaceae; Uncaria tomentosa; Uncarines; Vascular

Indexed keywords

AJMALICINE; ALKALOID; CINCHONAIN 1A; CORYNOXEINE; CORYNOXINE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; EPICATECHIN; FLAVONOID; FORMOSANINE; GLYCOSIDE; HARMAN; HIRSUTEINE; HIRSUTINE; ISOMITRAPHYLLINE; ISOPTEROPODINE; ISORHYNCHOPHYLLINE; KAMPO; QUINOVIC ACID GLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; RAUNITICINE; RHYNCHOPHYLLINE; ROTUNDIFOLINE; SPECIOPHYLLINE; TERPENE; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; UNCARINIC ACID A; UNCARINIC ACID B; UNCARINIC ACID C; UNCARINIC ACID D; UNCARINIC ACID E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LOCOMOTION; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNCARIA; UNCARIA GAMBIER; UNCARIA GLABRATA; UNCARIA GUIANENSIS; UNCARIA HIRSUTA; UNCARIA MACHROPHYLLA; UNCARIA QUADRANGULARIS; UNCARIA RHYNCHOPHYLLA; UNCARIA SINENSIS; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MUTAGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; UNCARIA;

FELIS CATUS; RUBIACEAE; UNCARIA; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 11844297322     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2004.10.022     Document Type: Review

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