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==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
* Botanical Name : Mentha spicata | * Botanical Name : Mentha spicata | ||
| − | * Other Names : | + | * Other Names : Garden mint, Curled Mint, Fish Mint |
* CAS Number : 8008-79-5 | * CAS Number : 8008-79-5 | ||
| − | * Origin : Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America | + | * Origin : Europe, Asia, North and West Africa, North and South America |
==Extraction Method== | ==Extraction Method== | ||
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[[Category:Minty]] | [[Category:Minty]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:11, 12 August 2016
Contents
Classification
- Botanical Name : Mentha spicata
- Other Names : Garden mint, Curled Mint, Fish Mint
- CAS Number : 8008-79-5
- Origin : Europe, Asia, North and West Africa, North and South America
Extraction Method
- Parts Used : Leaves and Flowers/Buds
- Crop :
- Steam distillation
- Physical Description : colorless to pale yellow clear oily liquid
Olfactory Description
- Family : Minty
- Perfumery Note: Top
- minty, slightly fruity scent, softer than peppermint.
Chemical Constituents
- carvone : 65,79 - 71,62 %
- limonene : 13,65 - 17,27 %
- beta-bourbonene : 0,91 - 1,24 %
- camphene : 0,05 - 0,08 %
- trans-carveol : 0,11 - 0,17 %
- cis-carveol : 0,31 - 0,54 %
- cis-carvyl acetate : 0,03 - 0,12 %
- 1,8-cineole : 1,40 - 1,57 %
- para-cymene : trace - 0,04 %
- dihydrocarvone : 0,12 - 2,20 %
- dihydrocarvyl acetate : 0,35 - 0,43 %
- beta-elemene : 0,06 - 0,23 %
- germacrene D : 0,09 - 0,30 %
- linalool : 0,10 - 0,51 %
- menthol : 0,08 - 0,11 %
- menthone : 0,08 - 0,26 %
- myrcene : 0,82 - 1,13 %
- beta-ocimene : trace - 0,14 %
- 3-octanol : 2,09 - 2,66 %
- 3-octanone : trace - 0,07 %
- 1-octen-3-yl acetate : 0,05 - 0,12 %
- 3-octyl acetate : 0,13 - 0,23 %
- alpha-pinene : 0,51 - 0,72 %
- beta-pinene : 0,58 - 0,76 %
- sabinene : 0,43 - 0,56 %
- sabinene hydrate : 0,06 - 1,43 %
- terpinen-4-ol : 0,33 - 0,45 %
- gamma-terpinene : 0,07 - 0,14 %
- terpinolene : 0,04 - 0,07 %