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Common Names
Catnip
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1R,5R,8S,9S)-DEOXYLOGANIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (E)-BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Plant | 16.0 | 260.0 | 1.41 | 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. |
| 1-5-9-EPI-DEOXYLOGANIC ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-5-9-EPI-DEOXYLOGANIC ACID | 0 | Shoot | not available | 433.3 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-HEXENYL-BENZOATE | 0 | Plant | 4.0 | 39.0 | 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. |
| 3-HEXENYL-ESTER | 0 | Plant | 18.0 | 155.0 | 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. |
| 4-(A)-ALPHA-7-ALPHA-(A)-BETA-NEPETALACTONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-(A)-ALPHA-7-ALPHA-(A)-BETA-NEPETALACTONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-(A)-ALPHA-7-ALPHA-7-(A)-ALPHA-NEPETALACTONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5,9-DEHYDRONEPETALACTONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-EPIDEOXYLOGANIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-DEOXYLOGANIC-ACID | 0 | 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. |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Plant | 18.0 | 170.0 | 0.88 | 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. |
| ALPHA-NEPETALACTONE | 0 | Plant | 125.0 | 2730.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Plant | 30.0 | 250.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Plant | 6000.0 | 50000.0 | -1.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Plant | 3.0 | 24.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Plant | not available | 1800.0 | 1.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Plant | 4.0 | 155.0 | 0.10 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Estrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Feliphile | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 15 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 13 | 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. |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroirritant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gastroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glaucomagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionalytic | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92. |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |