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Catnip (Nepeta cataria L.): Recent Advances in Botany , Horticulture and Production

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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of North America

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Abstract

Catnip (Nepeta cataria L.), a popular aromatic herb used as a traditional medicine is more widely recognized for its use in the pet toy industry due to the behavioral effects it elicits on cats and other felids. A major interest in catnip is also due to its repellent activity against arthropods. Essential oil of catnip is an effective repellent against several species of mosquitoes, flies, ticks, mites, and other disease vectors, with results comparable to DEET. Both the repellency to arthropods and the characteristic effects on cats are mainly attributed to nepetalactone, a bicyclic oxygenated monoterpene in the essential oil of catnip. While catnip is grown as a garden herb and in the open field for dried biomass and essential oil, the lack of improved genetic materials makes it difficult for North American growers to expand production and ensure adequate product supply. The present chapter provides an overview of the recent advances in breeding, biochemistry, production systems, biological activities and potential new uses of N. cataria and other Nepeta species in North America.

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We thank the New Jersey Farm Bureau, the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Project NJ12158, the New Jersey Health Foundation and the Deployed Warfighter Protection (DWFP) Program in support of the research project, War FighterProtection from Arthropods Utilizing Naturally Sourced Repellents (Grant W911QY1910007) for their support of our research on Nepeta spp. We also recognize the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) (DOC_PLENO/ proc. n° 88881.129327/2016-01) for providing a Graduate Student Fellowship to the senior author (E. Gomes) as this work is part of his dissertation studies.

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Gomes, E.N. et al. (2020). Catnip (Nepeta cataria L.): Recent Advances in Botany , Horticulture and Production. In: Máthé, Á. (eds) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of North America. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World, vol 6. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44930-8_11

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