• DOI:10.1177/1934578X0900400819
Corpus ID: 22823187

Chemical Composition, Olfactory Evaluation and Antioxidant Effects of Essential Oil from Mentha x piperita

@article{Schmidt2009ChemicalCO,
  title={Chemical Composition, Olfactory Evaluation and Antioxidant Effects of Essential Oil from Mentha x piperita},
  author={E. Schmidt and S. Bail and G. Buchbauer and I. Stoilova and T. Atanasova and A. Stoyanova and A. Krastanov and L. Jirovetz},
  journal={Natural Product Communications},
  year={2009},
  volume={4}
}

E. Schmidt, S. Bail, +5 authors L. Jirovetz

Published 2009

Chemistry, Medicine

Natural Product Communications

The chemical composition of the essential oil from peppermint (Mentha x piperita L.) was analyzed by GC/FID and GC-MS. The main constituents were menthol (40.7%) and menthone (23.4%). Further components were (+/-)-menthyl acetate, 1,8-cineole, limonene, β-pinene and β-caryophyllene. Peppermint oil possessed antiradical activity with respect to DPPH (diphenyl picryl hydrazyl) and hydroxyl (OH•) radicals, exercising stronger antioxidant impact on the OH• radical. The concentrations required for… CONTINUE READING

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