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
Nepeta cataria L. has been used in traditional medicine of some countries. Here the cytotoxic and apoptogenic activity of methanol extracts, n-hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, n-butanol, and acqueous extracts and the essential oil obtained from the aerial parts of the plant were evaluated
Parnapimarol (1), a new pimarane diterpene, along with nepetaparnone (2) and nepetanudone (3), one new and one previously reported nepetalactone dimer, respectively, were isolated from the dichloromethane extract of the aerial parts of Nepeta parnassica, collected on Mt. Parnassos, Greece. The
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