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Investigation of Volatile Iridoid Terpenes in Nepeta cataria L. (Catnip) Genotypes.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 19 Oct 2022
Patel Harna, Gomes Erik Nunes, Yuan Bo, Lyu Weiting, Wu Qingli, Simon James E
Abstract excerpt
Catnip (Nepeta cataria L.) is of scientific interest largely due to the production of nepetalactones, volatile iridoid terpenes with strong arthropod repellent activity. However, the plant can also produce other bioactive volatile iridoids, such as nepetalic acid (NA), nepetalactam (NT) and dihydronepetalactone (DHNL) that have not been studied extensively. Germplasm studies on plants that can produce such...
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