Mentha cardiaca, ext. Chemical Properties

FEMA 

4221 | SCOTCH SPEARMINT OIL, MENTHA CARDIACA L.

Odor

at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. sweet smooth spearmint carvone minty

Odor Type

minty

Mentha cardiaca, ext. Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

Oil is produced by steam distillation of the flowering tops of the plants, which are partially dried prior to distillation. The distillation is carried out in the fields in stills.

Physical properties

Colorless to pale yellow clear oily liquid; fresh spearmint carvone aroma.

Definition

Extractives and their physically modified derivatives such as tinctures, concretes, absolutes, essential oils, oleoresins, terpenes, terpene-free fractions, distillates, residues, etc., obtained from Mentha cardiaca, Labiatae.