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Descriptor English: Cat's Claw
Descriptor Spanish: Uña de Gato
Descriptor uña de gato
Scope note: Vid (Uncaria tomentosa) indígena de los bosques tropicales del Amazonas cuyo nombre deriva de sus espinas en forma de gancho. Contiene alcaloides oxindólicos y glucósidos y tiene muchos empleos medicinales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Unha-de-Gato
Descriptor French: Griffe de chat
Entry term(s): Cat Claw
Cat's Claws
Cats Claw
Claw, Cat's
Claws, Cat's
Uncaria tomentosa
Uncaria tomentosas
tomentosas, Uncaria
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.456.937.909.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020948
Scope note: A vine (Uncaria tomentosa) indigenous to the Amazon rainforest whose name is derived from its hook-like thorns. It contains oxindole alkaloids and glycosides and has many medicinal uses.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Plants, Medicinal (1985-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
DeCS ID: 34153
Unique ID: D020948
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Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Cat's Claw - Preferred
Concept UI M0328434
Scope note A vine (Uncaria tomentosa) indigenous to the Amazon rainforest whose name is derived from its hook-like thorns. It contains oxindole alkaloids and glycosides and has many medicinal uses.
Preferred term Cat's Claw
Entry term(s) Cat Claw
Cat's Claws
Cats Claw
Claw, Cat's
Claws, Cat's
Uncaria tomentosa
Uncaria tomentosas
tomentosas, Uncaria



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