Plant Nepeta cataria (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Catnip

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
FAT	0	Seed	not available	212000.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Plant	not available	10000.0	-1.74	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Essential Oil	not available	255000.0	2.07	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	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.
HUMULENE-OXIDE-I	0	Plant	22.0	210.0	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.
HUMULENENEPETALIC-ANHYDRIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRIDOIDS	1	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.
IRON	6	Plant	17.0	138.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
ISODIHYDRONEPETALACTONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ISOMARGARIC ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOTRIDECANOIC ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed Oil	not available	180000.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	570000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Plant	248.0	2070.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Plant	5.0	37.4	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-NEPETALACTONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist	5	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	17	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	11	Economou, D., and Nahrstedt, A. 1991. Chemical, Physiological, and Toxicological Aspects of the Essential Oil of Some Species of the Genus Bystropogon*. Planta Medica, 57: 347, 1991.
Candidistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	3	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	8	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	3	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-3-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotoxic	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 24.
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	4	Duke, 1992 *