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
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 *

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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
Deliriant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Dentifrice	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Deodorant	2	Martindale's 28th
Depressant	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Ecbolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Elastase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Encephalopathic	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92.
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant	2	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Epileptigenic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.