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Uncaria

Known as: Uncarias 
A plant genus of the family RUBIACEAE. Members contain uncarine and other cytotoxic and hypotensive oxindole alkaloids.
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Macrophyllionium and macrophyllines A and B, oxindole alkaloids from Uncaria macrophylla.
An unusual oxindole alkaloid inner salt, macrophyllionium (1), and a pair of new tetracyclic oxindole alkaloids, macrophyllines A… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Rhynchophylline from Uncaria rhynchophylla functionally turns delayed rectifiers into A-Type K+ channels.
Rhynchophylline (1), a neuroprotective agent isolated from the traditional Chinese medicinal herb Uncaria rhynchophylla, was… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
C-Med 100, a hot water extract of Uncaria tomentosa, prolongs lymphocyte survival in vivo.
Water extracts of the bark of Uncaria tomentosa, a vine indigenous to South America, has been used for generations as an "immuno… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Biosynthesis of sterols and triterpenes in cell suspension cultures of Uncaria tomentosa.
Pectin administered to Uncaria tomentosa cell suspension cultures, was found to increase the production of triterpene acids… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
DNA repair enhancement of aqueous extracts of Uncaria tomentosa in a human volunteer study.
The Uncaria tomentosa water extracts (C-Med-100) have been shown to enhance DNA repair, mitogenic response and leukocyte recovery… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The antiproliferative effects of Uncaria tomentosa extracts and fractions on the growth of breast cancer cell line.
Uncaria tomentosa, also known as "Uña de gato", is a Rubiaceae species widely used in South-American folk medicine for the… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Pentacyclic oxindole alkaloids from Uncaria tomentosa induce human endothelial cells to release a lymphocyte-proliferation-regulating factor.
In the present study we show that pentacyclic but not tetracyclic oxindole alkaloids from Uncoria tomentosa (Willd.) DC… 
1989
1989
[Pharmacological studies of indole alkaloids obtained from domestic plants, Uncaria rhynchophylla Miq. and Amsonia elliptica Roem. et Schult].
  • Y. Ozaki
  • Nihon yakurigaku zasshi. Folia pharmacologica…
  • 1989
  • Corpus ID: 1651959
Pharmacological studies on hirsutine (HS), hirsuteine (HST), rhynchophylline (RP), isorhynchophylline (IRP) and… 
1985
1985
The active principles of the branchlet and hook of Uncaria sinensis Oliv. examined with a 5‐hydroxytryptamine receptor binding assay
Of the alkaloids obtained from Uncaria sinensis Oliv., geissoschizine methyl ether, corynantheine and dihydrocorynantheine… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
A revision of Mitragyna and Uncaria (Rubiaceae)
A world wide revision of the genera Mitragyna s.l. and Uncaria both placed in the subtribe Mitragyninae Havil. of the tribe… 
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