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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antifatigue | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrositic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antigliomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |