Abstract Insecticides kill mosquitoes but damage other animals including humans. Eco-friendly metal nanoparticles may be a plant-based pesticide for vector control. Here, the copper (Cu NPs) synthesized from Nepeta cataria leaves have been investigated their antibacterial and larvicidal properties. Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy demonstrated that biochemicals reduced stabilized by shi...

The repellency of catnip (Nepeta cataria) essential oil was evaluated in a treated-area choice assay with subterranean termites (Reticulitermes spp.). It appeared that fewer R. virginicus were found on the treated portion of a Petri dish within a period of about 7 d; R.flavipes was not affected by the presence of the oil. The data collected from the control dishes, however, showed an unacceptab...

Essential oil (EO) obtained by hydrodistillation in a Clevenger-type apparatus from aerial parts of Nepeta cataria L. var. citriodora (Becker), cultivated Serbia was subjected to gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) determine the composition. Furthermore, N. essential wastested its antimicrobial, antioxidant, antihyperglycemic and anti-inflammatory activities vitro.The antimicrobial act...