ArticleParasitology research2014
Evaluation of the repellent effects of Nepeta parnassica extract, essential oil, and its major nepetalactone metabolite against mosquitoes.
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- Chemical Composition Matters! The Role of Nepetalactone Isomers in Tick Repellency.Journal of chemical ecology · 2026Article
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- Biocatalytic routes to stereo-divergent iridoids.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Domestic cat damage to plant leaves containing iridoids enhances chemical repellency to pests.iScience · 2022Article
- Density-functional theory of the catnip molecule, nepetalactone.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2022Article
- The characteristic response of domestic cats to plant iridoids allows them to gain chemical defense against mosquitoes.Science advances · 2021Article
- The major bioactive components of seaweeds and their mosquitocidal potential.Parasitology research · 2014Review
- Plants as biofactories for production of the aphid sex pheromone nepetalactone.Physiologia plantarumArticle
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Abstract
The dichloromethane-methanol extract, the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from Nepeta parnassica, and the isolated 4aα,7α,7aβ-nepetalactone were evaluated for their repellent effect against the mosquitoes Aedes (Stegomyia) cretinus Edwards and Culex pipiens pipiens biotype molestus Forskål. The chemical analysis of N. parnassica essential oil, dominated by oxygenated monoterpenes (87 %), revealed 4aα,7α,7aβ-nepetalactone (36.8%), 1,8-cineole (25.5%), and 4aα,7β,7aβ-nepetalactone (11.1%) as the major constituents. The results of the insect bioassays showed that the essential oil and the dichloromethane-methanol extract of N. parnassica were very active against Aedes cretinus for up to 3 h and against Culex pipiens for up to 2 h post application. The isolated 4aα,7α,7aβ-nepetalactone showed very high mosquito repellency for periods of at least 2 h against both species.
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