Compostion of the Essential Oil of Nepeta racemosa Lam. from Iran

Abstract Water-distilled essential oil of Nepeta racemosa Lam. was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The main constitutents of the oil were found to be 4aα, 7α, 7aα-nepetalactone (64.9%), (Z)-β-ocimene (9.5%), (E)-nerolidol (8.8%) and 4aα,7α,7aβ-nepetalactone (7.4%).