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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | 8.0 | 40.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEONEPETALACTONE | 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. |
| NEPETALACTONE | 5 | Essential Oil | 600000.0 | 999000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEPETALACTONE | 5 | Plant | 25.0 | 9900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEPETALACTONE | 5 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEPETALACTONE-N1 | 0 | Plant | 25.0 | 7400.0 | not available | 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. |
| NEPETALIC-ACID | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 1240.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEPETALIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | 300.0 | 1300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEPETALIC-ANHYDRIDE | 0 | Plant | 1080.0 | 4680.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEPETARIASIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEPETARIASIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEPETASIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 126.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEPETOGLUCOSYLESTER | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEPETOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEPETOL GLUCOSYL ESTER | 0 | Leaf | not available | 750.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEPETOL-GLUCOSIDE-ESTER | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | Essential Oil | not available | 276000.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | 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. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 11 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antishock | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antispare-Tire | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antispasmodic | 12 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antistreptococcic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 2 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antisyndrome-X | 6 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| AntiTGF-beta | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithromboxane | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyreotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyroid | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |