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J Biosci
December 2024
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Biosciences,Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science,Bengaluru 560012,India.
The well-known English naturalist John Ray wrote more than 200 years ago about the curious reaction of cats to a plant in the mint or Lamiaceae family, the catnip plant . Ray even wrote a short verse about the relationship between cats and catnip: 'If you set it the cats will eat it; If you sow it the cats can't know it' (Considine 2016). When leaves of this plant are bruised and release their volatiles, cats react by attempting to rub and roll over on the leaves, seeming to be in a state of ecstasy.
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July 2011
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Nis, Serbia.
Analysis (GC and GC/MS) of an essential oil sample obtained from dry leaves of Nepeta x faassenii Bergmans ex Steam, a hybrid species produced by crossbreeding N. mussinii Spreng. with N.
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