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

Common Names
Catnip
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
(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 *
1-5-9-EPI-DEOXYLOGANIC ACID 0 Shoot 433.3 *
3-HEXENYL-BENZOATE 0 Plant 4.0 39.0 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 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 *
4-(A)-ALPHA-7-ALPHA-(A)-BETA-NEPETALACTONE 0 Plant *
4-(A)-ALPHA-7-ALPHA-7-(A)-ALPHA-NEPETALACTONE 0 Essential Oil *
5,9-DEHYDRONEPETALACTONE 0 Plant *
5-EPIDEOXYLOGANIC-ACID 0 Plant *
7-DEOXYLOGANIC-ACID 0 Plant 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 *
ALUMINUM 5 Plant 30.0 250.0 -0.26 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant *
ASH 0 Plant 6000.0 50000.0 -1.28 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 3.0 24.0 -0.60 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant 1800.0 1.47 *
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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigout 1 *
Antigranular 1 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 3 *
Antihelicobacter 2 *
Antihemolytic 1 Int. J. Immunopharmacology. Vol 10: 729, 1988.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 4 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihistaminic 6 Ortiz De Urbina, A.V., Martin, M.L., Montero, M.J., Carron, R., Sevilla, M.A., San Roman, L. 1989. Antihistaminic activity of pulegone on the guinea-pig ileum. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 295-296, 1990.
AntiHIV 5 Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipidemic 1 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 5 *
Antihyperthyroid 1 *