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
MYRCENE	22	Plant	8.0	40.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEONEPETALACTONE	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.
NEPETALACTONE	5	Essential Oil	600000.0	999000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPETALACTONE	5	Plant	25.0	9900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPETALACTONE	5	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPETALACTONE-N1	0	Plant	25.0	7400.0	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.
NEPETALIC-ACID	0	Essential Oil	not available	1240.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPETALIC-ACID	0	Plant	300.0	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPETALIC-ANHYDRIDE	0	Plant	1080.0	4680.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPETARIASIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPETARIASIDE	0	Shoot	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPETASIDE	0	Shoot	not available	126.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPETOGLUCOSYLESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPETOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPETOL GLUCOSYL ESTER	0	Leaf	not available	750.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPETOL-GLUCOSIDE-ESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Essential Oil	not available	276000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	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.
NIACIN	39	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
Antilithic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	3	Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic	8	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.