Mentha Piperita Oil
Business Type | Manufacturer, Exporter, Supplier |
Shelf Life | 1years |
Form | Liquid |
Packaging size | 100ml, 250ml |
CAS Number | 8006-90-4 |
Botanical Source | Mentha Piperita Lim |
Synonym | Oil of peppermint Mentha Piperita |
Features
PROTOCOL | STANDARDS |
Description | Colourless Pale Yellow to Pale greenish Yellow. |
Odour | Characteristic odour. |
Solubility | Freely soluble in ethanol. |
Optical Rotation | -10.00 To -30.00 |
Specific Gravity | 0.900 To 0.916gm/ml |
Refractive Index | 1.457 To 1.467 |
ASSAY BY GLC | |
Limonene | 1.00% TO 5.00% |
Cineole | 3.50% TO 14.00% |
Menthone | 14.00% TO 32.00% |
Mentha Furan | 1.00% TO 9.00% |
Iso-Menthone | 1.50% TO 10.00% |
Menthyl Acetate | 2.80% TO 10.00% |
Iso-Pulegole | Max. 0.20% |
Menthol | 30.00% TO 55.00% |
Carvone Max. | 0.01 |
Pulegone | 0.04 |
Ratio of cineole to limonene content is Min. 2. | |
Use | The Mentha Piperita Oil (Oil Peppermint Ex-Piperita) finds extensive usage in the Pharmaceutical and flavor industry. |
Storage condition | Store in well closed containers, in cool and dry storage area. |
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