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Lamiaceae - catnip, catmint, Katzenminze

Perennial herb native to the eastern Mediterranean region, southern and central Asia; cultivated in gardens as ornamental and attractand for cats.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepeta_cataria http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echte_Katzenminze

catnip essential oil acts as a repellant to flies [Efficacy and safety of catnip (Nepeta cataria) as a novel filth fly repellent. Zhu JJ, Zeng XP, Berkebile D, DU HJ, Tong Y, Qian K. Med Vet Entomol. 2009 Sep;23(3):209-16] as well as mosquitoes [Repellent activity of catmint, Nepeta cataria, and iridoid nepetalactone isomers against Afro-tropical mosquitoes, ixodid ticks and red poultry mites. Michael A. Birkett, Ahmed Hassanali, Solveig Hoglund, Jan Pettersson, John A.Pickett, Phytochemistry Volume 72, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 109–114] http://aceci.org/documents/Repellent_activity_of_Catmint_against_Afro-Tropical_Mosquitoes_2011.pdf

Major constituents of the essential oil are the nepetalcatones (85-90%) with 4a-α,7-α,7a-β-nepetalactone (55-58%) and 4a-α,7-β,7a-α-nepetalactone (30-31%). Other constituents are α-pinene, β-pinene, trans-caryophyllene and caryophyllene oxide, 1-cyclohexen-1-yl-methyl ketone, α-Humulene, 11-dodecenol, spathulenol and thymol. [Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activities of Essential Oils from Nepeta cataria L. against Common Causes of Food-Borne Infections. Kamiar Zomorodian, Mohammad Jamal Saharkhiz, Samaneh Shariati, Keyvan Pakshir, Mohammad Javad Rahimi, and Reza Khashei. ISRN Pharmaceutics Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 591953] http://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn.pharmaceutics/2012/591953/

lemon catnip essential oil
„The essential oil of the herb Nepeta cataria L. var. citriodora … main constituents of all the samples studied were the monoterpene alcohols (R)-(+)-β-citronellol and geraniol. The largest amounts of monoterpene al-dehydes (geranial and neral) were found in the hydrodistilled oil. α-Amyrin (a precursor of ursolic acid) was also detected in the oil. trans-Rose oxide, α-terpineol, geranic acid, and trace amount of rose-oxide were found in the steam distilled oil only. [GC–MS Analysis of Lemon Catnip (Nepeta cataria L. var. citriodora Balbis) Essential Oil. A Wesołowska, D Jadczak, And M Grzeszczuk. Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry - J AMER SOC MASS SPECTROM. 01/2001; 12(12):1348-1351]