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botanical illustration of Catmint, Nepeta racemosa

botanical record · discovered

Catmint

Nepeta racemosa

Catmint · Blaue Katzenminze · Blauw kattenkruid · Chataire · Eastern Cat-mint · Gattaia persiana · Herbe à chat · Herbe-aux-chats · Kaukázusi macskamenta · Kocimiętka groniasta · Menthe des chats · Nepeta a grappes · Népète de Mussin · Népète de Mussin-Pouchkine · Népéta de Mussin · Népéta rameuse, Népéta de Mussin

At a glance

Origin / distribution: AT, BE

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: not documented

Science studied: ACETOEUGENOL, ACETONE, ACETOPHENONE, AMYL-FURAN

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Lamiaceae

Scientific name: Nepeta racemosa

Common names: Catmint, Blaue Katzenminze, Blauw kattenkruid, Chataire, Eastern Cat-mint, Gattaia persiana, Herbe à chat, Herbe-aux-chats, Kaukázusi macskamenta, Kocimiętka groniasta, Menthe des chats, Nepeta a grappes, Népète de Mussin, Népète de Mussin-Pouchkine, Népéta de Mussin, Népéta rameuse, Népéta de Mussin

History

The source record documents this plant in AT, BE.

Documented historical or traditional applications are not available in this record.

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

  • AT
  • BE

Documented cultural uses

not documented in this record

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • ACETOEUGENOL
  • ACETONE
  • ACETOPHENONE
  • AMYL-FURAN
  • BICYCLO-[4.2.0]OCTA-1,3,5-TRIENE
  • BETA-BISABOLENE
  • BETA-BOURBONENE
  • 2-BUTANONE
  • DELTA-CADINENE
  • T-CADINOL
  • CALAMENENE
  • CARVACROL
  • BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
  • 1,8-CINEOLE
  • ALPHA-COPAENE
  • BETA-CUBEBENE
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  • CUMINALDEHYDE
  • CUMIN-ALCOHOL
  • CYCLOHEXANE
  • P-CYMENE
  • DECANAL
  • DECANE
  • DICHLOROBENZENE
  • EO
  • ETHANOL
  • GERANIOL
  • GERANYL-ACETATE
  • (Z)-GERANYL-ACETONE
  • GERMACRENE-D
  • HEXAHYDROFARNESYL-ACETONE
  • HEXANAL
  • (E)-2-HEXENAL
  • (Z)-3-HEXENOL
  • ALPHA-HUMULENE
  • BETA-IONONE
  • ISOAMYL-ACETATE
  • LAURIC-ACID
  • LINALOL
  • TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE
  • 3-METHYL-CYCLOHEPTANONE
  • METHYL-CYCLOHEXYL-KETONE
  • 5-METHYL-3-HEPTANONE
  • 6-METHYL-3-HEPTANOL
  • 6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE
  • METHYL-HYDROCINNAMATE
  • METHYL-SALICYLATE
  • ALPHA-MUUROLENE
  • MYRCENE
  • MYRTENAL
  • MYRTENOL
  • NAPHTHALENE
  • 4-ALPHA,BETA-7-ALPHA,7-ALPHABETA-NEPETALACTONE
  • NONANE
  • NONANOIC-ACID
  • (Z)-BETA-OCIMENE
  • OCTANE
  • 1-OCTEN-E-OL
  • PATCHOULANE
  • ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
  • BETA-PINENE
  • PIPERITONE-OXIDE-I
  • PSEUDOLIMONENE
  • SABINENE
  • CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE
  • TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE
  • ALPHA-TERPINENE
  • GAMMA-TERPINENE
  • TERPINEN-4-OL
  • ALPHA-TERPINEOL
  • THYMOL
  • UNDECANE
  • (E)-3-HEXENAL
  • METHYL-CYCLOHEPTANONE
  • GAMMA-MUUROLENE
  • 4-ALPHA,ALPHA-7-ALPHA,7-ALPHABETA-NEPETALACTONE
  • ALPHA-PINENE
  • SPATHULENOL
  • ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE
  • CAMPHENE
  • CAMPHOR
  • LIMONENE
  • PULEGONE
  • TRANS-PINOCARVEOL

Legality

Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.

Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

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  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
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  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗

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Contributions and revisions

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