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Common Names
Catnip
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTADECANOIC-ACID | 1 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | 289.0 | 2410.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPERITONE | 7 | Plant | 50.0 | 195.0 | -0.49 | Bourrel, C., Perineau, F., Michel, G., Bessiere, J.M. 1993. Catnip (Nepeta cataria L.) Essential Oil: Analysis of Chemical Constituents, Bacteriostatic and Fungistatic Properties. J. Ess. Oil Res., 5: 159-167. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | 2820.0 | 23500.0 | 0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | 11760.0 | 98000.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 184000.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PULEGONE | 28 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Plant | 0.4 | 3.6 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Inflorescence | not available | 2000.0 | -1.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Plant | not available | 2000.0 | -1.60 | Fitoterapia No.62: 166. |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Plant | 2.0 | 12.3 | 0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNINS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antinephritic | 3 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuralgic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiNF-kB | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 1 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiobesity? | 1 | Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4. |
| Antionychyotic | 2 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| Antiophidic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiorchitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiosteoarthritic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiosteoporotic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiototic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |