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Uncaria

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Definition: A plant genus of the family RUBIACEAE. Members contain uncarine and other cytotoxic and hypotensive oxindole alkaloids.  UNCARIA PROCUMBENS see HARPAGOPHYTUM is also available; coord with specific PLANT STRUCTURES term if pertinent; for use in therapy coord IM with PHYTOTHERAPY (IM) + disease/drug ther (IM) + PLANT PREPARATIONS or its indentations/ther use (IM or NIM) + sp   
Examples Cat's Claw 		Other names Uncarias
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
7-deoxyloganic acid  0   *Iridoids Uncaria. Phytochemistry 2001 Jul;57(5):781-5
uncarine C  0   *Indoles *Spiro Compounds Uncaria. Acta Crystallogr C 2001 Apr;57(Pt 4):480-2
C-MED-100  0   *Plant Extracts *Uncaria. J Ethnopharmacol 2000 Feb;69(2):115-26
uncarinic acid A  0   Oleanolic Acid/*analogs & derivatives Type C Phospholipases/antagonists & inhibitors Uncaria. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1999 May 17;9(10):1429-32
rhyncophylline  76-66-4   *Indole Alkaloids Uncaria. Chung Kuo Yao Li Hsueh Pao 1986;7(5)426
uncarine A  6899-73-6 (7 alpha,19 beta)-19-methyl-2-oxoformosanan-16- carboxylic acid, methyl ester  *Alkaloids Uncaria. Taiwan I Hsueh Hue Tsa Chih 78(2):61;1979

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