Scientists let cats pick between plants, catnip and silver vine, and almost every cat went straight for the silver vine.

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Nepetalactone is best known for instigating the euphoric frenzy that cats and other felines experience when they smell catnip. The full chemical tale of the synthesis of this cyclic terpene has been ...

Researchers report that nepetalactone, the essential oil in catnip that gives the plant its characteristic odor, is about ten times more effective at repelling mosquitoes than DEET — the compound used ...