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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Insulinogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Irritant | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvicide | 2 | Berenbaum, M. R., The natives knew, Chemtech, (May), 1990, 275-279. |
| Laxative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 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 |
| Leucocytogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lithogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lubricant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memorigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| MMP-9-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Molluscicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mosquitocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |