Uncaria rhynchophylla
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Uncaria rhynchophylla or the cat's claw herb is a plant species used in traditional Chinese medicine.

(+)-Catechin
Catechin
Catechin is a natural phenol antioxidant plant secondary metabolite. The term catechins is also commonly used to refer to the related family of flavonoids and the subgroup flavan-3-ols ....

 and (-)-epicatechin are found in the plant as well as the alkaloid rhynchophylline
Rhynchophylline
Rhynchophylline is an alkaloid found in certain Uncaria species, notably Uncaria rhynchophylla and Uncaria tomentosa. It is a non-competitive NMDA antagonist and calcium channel blocker...

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