Fun for Cats: Catnip -- Fun or Dangerous?
- Article on catnip and how it affects cats.
- http://216.92.11.169/articles/fun_for_cats/catnip_fun_or_dangerous.html

What is Catnip?
- ProVet Healthcare article on active ingredients and common effects of catnip.
- http://www.provet.co.uk/petfacts/healthtips/catnip.htm

Catnip Repels Mosquitoes More Effectively Than DEET
- ScienceDaily Magazine - 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 in most commercial insect repe
- http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/08/010828075659.htm

Catnip (Nepeta spp.)
- Article on types of catnip, reaerch on catnip, and how to grow catnip.
- http://herbsforhealth.about.com/library/weekly/aa040397.htm

How does catnip work?
- How Stuff Works - article on how catnip works, Why it is only for cats, and whether it works on tigers, and leopards.
- http://www.howstuffworks.com/question303.htm

USDA Fact Sheet on Catnip
- Information on medicinal properties, non-medicinal uses, natural habitat, cultivation, harvest, storage, processing, marketing, conservation and management of catnip. [PDF format]
- http://www.sfp.forprod.vt.edu/factsheets/catnip.pdf

Catnip
- Purdue guide to aromatic and medicinal plants.
- http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/med-aro/factsheets/CATNIP.html

Catnip: Why Do Some Cats Love It and Others Leave It?
- Discussion of which cats respond to catnip, and how it should be handled for best response.
- http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=1&cat=1406&articleid=1131