CONSTITUENTS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES SOME OF IRANIAN NEPETA SPECIES-REVIEW

Abdolhossein Rustaiyan, Mahdieh Ariaee Fard and Nilufar Z. Mamadalieva

ABSTRACT

Nepeta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae also known as catmints. The genus name is reportedly in reference to Nepeta, an ancient Etruscan-city. The genus is native to Europe, Asia and Africa and has also naturalized in North America. The present review descripts the Chemical and Biological Activities of Iranian Nepeta species: Nepeta asterotricha Rech. f., Nepeta binaludensis Jamzad., Nepeta bornmuelleri Hausskn. ex Bornm., Nepeta bracteata Benth., Nepeta cephalotes Boiss., Nepeta crispa Willd., Nepeta cataria L., Nepeta denudate Benth., Nepeta depauperata Benth., Nepeta fissa C.A. Mey., Nepeta glomerulosa Boiss., Nepeta heliotropifolia Lam., Nepeta haussknechtii Bornm. and Nepeta ispahanica Boiss.

Keywords: Nepeta species, Lamiaceae, Constituents, Biological activities.