Table 1 Chemical profile of Nepeta cataria crude essential oil treatments.

From: Repellency Assessment of Nepeta cataria Essential Oils and Isolated Nepetalactones on Aedes aegypti

ID #

Essential oil Constituent

Mass

RT (min)

CR3 Oil Peak Area %

CR9 Oil Peak Area %

CO Oil Peak Area %

1

α-Pinene

136

7.702

ND

ND

0.52

2

β-Pinene

136

8.227

T

0.58

0.57

3

Carvone

150

10.638

ND

ND

0.67

4

Z, E Nepetalactone

166

11.536

27.45

85.33

24.34

5

E, Z Nepetalactone

166

11.75

69.37

1.68

62.62

6

β-carophyllene

204

11.964

1.57

4.72

8.11

7

Humulene

189

12.201

T

0.51

0.58

8

Caryophyllene Oxide

187

13.028

1.27

5.79

1.56

  1. The eight essential oil constituents that represent >98% of the overall peak area detected in the three essential oil treatments (catnip line CR3, cultivar CR9 and a commercial N. cataria essential oil) including their mass, retention time and peak area percentages.
  2. T: Trace level of compound where overall concentration was less than 0.5%.
  3. ND: Compounds not detected in the sample.
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