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
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID	1	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	289.0	2410.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERITONE	7	Plant	50.0	195.0	-0.49	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.
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	2820.0	23500.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	11760.0	98000.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	not available	184000.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
PULEGONE	28	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.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Plant	0.4	3.6	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID	57	Inflorescence	not available	2000.0	-1.50	Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID	57	Plant	not available	2000.0	-1.60	Fitoterapia No.62: 166.
SELENIUM	60	Plant	2.0	12.3	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	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.
THIAMINE	0	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
Antigout	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic	1	American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *