EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Catmint (as plant) // Nepeta cataria L. // Nepeta cataria var. citriodora (Dumort.) Lej.

Family:: Lamiaceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 635
Number of processed references:: 3

Compositions

#1: p-menthone in plant powder #2: sterols in plant powder #3: tannins in plant powder #4: myristicin in flowering herb

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: He, Yanfei., Chen, Siyu., Yu, Hai., Zhu, Long., Liu, Yayun., Han, Chunyang., Liu, Cuiyan. Effect of Catnip Charcoal on the In Vivo Pharmacokinetics of the Main Alkaloids of Rhizoma Coptidis. . evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : ecam, 2016, vol. 2016, p. 3532159–3532159. DOI: 10.1155/2016/3532159. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Unspecified (A07XD)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

methol (plant power)
Substance:

d,l-Isomenthone (RF-00010214-PAR)
Additional substance description:

p-menthone
Analytical method code:

High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) (F018A)
Result unit:

Milligram/gram (G060A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

0.96
Internal remarks:

p-menthone in plant powder

Composition #2: Naguib, Abdel Moneam Mohamed., Ebrahim, Mohamed Elsayed., Aly, Hanan Farouk., Metawaa, Hemaia Mohamed., Mahmoud, Ahlam Hosni., Mahmoud, Ebtissam A., Ebrahim, Faten Mohamed. Phytochemical screening of Nepeta cataria extracts and their in vitro inhibitory effects on free radicals and carbohydrate-metabolising enzymes . natural product research, 2012, vol. 26, no. 23, p. 2196–2198. DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2011.635342. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Unspecified (A07XD)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

70% ethanol followed by petroleum ether and chloroform (plant powder)
Substance:

sterols, total sterols, total (RF-00000402-NTR)
Analytical method code:

Unspecified (F598A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

sterols in plant powder

Composition #3: Naguib, Abdel Moneam Mohamed., Ebrahim, Mohamed Elsayed., Aly, Hanan Farouk., Metawaa, Hemaia Mohamed., Mahmoud, Ahlam Hosni., Mahmoud, Ebtissam A., Ebrahim, Faten Mohamed. Phytochemical screening of Nepeta cataria extracts and their in vitro inhibitory effects on free radicals and carbohydrate-metabolising enzymes . natural product research, 2012, vol. 26, no. 23, p. 2196–2198. DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2011.635342. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Unspecified (A07XD)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

70% ethanol followed by petroleum ether and chloroform (plant powder)
Substance:

Tannins (RF-00004337-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Unspecified (F598A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

tannins in plant powder

Composition #4: Said-Al Ahl, Hussein A. H., Sabra, Ali S., Hegazy, Mona H. Salicylic acid improves growth and essential oil accumulation in two Nepeta cataria chemotypes under water stress conditions . italian journal of agrometeorology-rivista italiana di agrometeorologia, 2016, vol. 21, no. 1, p. 25–36. DOI: 10.19199/2016.1.2038-5625.025. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Flower (as part-nature) (A067B)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

distillation (fresh flowering herb)
Substance:

myristicin (RF-00003941-PAR)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

3.02 - 8.65
Internal remarks:

myristicin in flowering herb