Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of cat's claw (Uncaria tomentosa and Uncaria guianensis) are independent of their alkaloid content.

@article{Sandoval2002AntiinflammatoryAA,
  title={Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of cat's claw (Uncaria tomentosa and Uncaria guianensis) are independent of their alkaloid content.},
  author={Manuel Sandoval and Nataly N. Okuhama and Xiao-Jing Zhang and L. A. Condezo and Juan Lao and Fausto M. Angeles and Rabi Ann Musah and Paul J. Bobrowski and Mark J S Miller},
  journal={Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology},
  year={2002},
  volume={9 4},
  pages={
          325-37
        },
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:2090747}
}
The results indicate that while both species of cat's claw provide effective antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, U. guianensis is more potent.
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