Density | 0.9g/mLat 25°C(lit.) |
Melting Point | 210℃ |
Boling Point | 215°C(lit.) |
Flash Point | 196°F |
Water Solubility | Insoluble in water |
Appearance | Colorless or pale yellow clear liquid. There is a special cool aroma, the taste is pungent at the beginning and cool at the end. Storage for a long time, color gradient depth. |
Color | Pale yellow |
Odor | Mint odour |
Storage Condition | 2-8°C |
Stability | Stable. Combustible. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents. |
Refractive Index | n20/D 1.461(lit.) |
MDL | MFCD00240835 |
Physical and Chemical Properties | Light yellow liquid. The relative density is 0.8860-0.9080, the refractive index is 1.4560-1.4650, and the specific optical rotation is -18 ° -32 °. There is the aroma of peppermint, cool taste is small. |
Use | For perfumes, medicinal stimulants |
Safety Description | S23 - Do not breathe vapour. S24/25 - Avoid contact with skin and eyes. |
UN IDs | UN 1993 / PGIII |
WGK Germany | 2 |
RTECS | SC6125000 |
FLUKA BRAND F CODES | 8 |
Toxicity | LD50 orl-rat: 2426 mg/kg JPMSAE 54,1071,65 |
Downstream Products | DL-Menthol |
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A series of peppermint oil products can be produced from whole mint grass.
mint oily cool flavor Xin, can be used as wind-repellent, aromatic stomach medicine and cooling agent. Menthol oxidation can produce menthone, menthol in medicine can be lozenges, cooling oil, painkillers and mouthwash. Peppermint oil can be used to reconstitute menthol, and can also be used directly as a flavor in beverages and toothpastes.
Peppermint Pure Dew has the functions of cooling and detoxification, relieving pain and relieving pain, refreshing and refreshing.
1. Cool and detoxification: Mint pure Dew can emit a cool smell, can relieve inflammation, pain and other discomfort, as well as the role of detoxification.
2. Pain and analgesia: Mint pure Dew can relieve headache, toothache, muscle pain and other discomfort, with analgesic effect.
3. Refreshing: Mint pure Dew has a refreshing effect, can relieve fatigue, improve attention and alertness, and is helpful for people who work or study for a long time.
FEMA | 2848 | PEPPERMINT OIL |
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Introduction | mint is a common medicinal plant, in the medical Pharmacopoeia of the time can be traced back to thousands of years ago in the Greek era, with anti-spasmodic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, hyperemic and antioxidant effects today with the most common application of peppermint oil, it is mainly the stems, leaves and flowers of Mint are extracted by distillation, and the main components are Menthol and menthone, due to the special spicy and fresh taste and the cool feeling after use, it is often used in cosmetics, personal hygiene products, food and pharmaceutical products. |
Main ingredients | in general, the main pharmaceutical ingredients of the peppermint oil on the market are menthol, menthone, isoprenone, limonene, amyl alcohol, cineole, including catechu naphthol acid, blue oil hydrocarbons and other pharmaceutical ingredients. |
action | peppermint oil is generally used to treat skin or skin tissue mucous membrane to produce a cooling sensation to reduce the discomfort and pain sensation of mosquito bites. Peppermint oil also has the function of soothing liver and regulating qi and cholagogue. Generally speaking, peppermint oil is mainly used for the treatment of chronic calculous cholecystitis and gallstone liver and gallbladder stagnation, and has a good effect on the treatment of damp heat and stomach stagnation syndrome. |
content analysis | Total ester content analysis (in Menthyl acetate) approximately 10g of sample was weighed accurately and determined by OT-18 method. The equivalence factor (e) in the calculation is taken as 99.16. Total menthol content analysis was determined by total alcohol assay (OT-5). The acetylated oil content was 2.5g. The percentage of total menthol content (X) is calculated according to the following formula: X = 7.814A(1-0.0021E)/(B-0.021A) where A- the difference between the number of 0.5mol/L hydrochloric acid consumed in titration of sample minus the consumption in blank test; B- the weight of acetylated oil taken, g;E-determination of the percentage of the obtained Menthyl acetate (C12H22O2) in the total ester. |
toxicity | GRAS(FEMA;FDA,§ 182.20,2000). LD50 2426mg/kg (rat, oral). |
usage limit | FEMA(mg/kg): Beverage 99; Alcohol 240; Cold beverage 110; Candy 1200; jelly 75~200; Gum 8300; Meat 8 l0; Baked goods 300; Mounting layer 5.0~540; Flower 650. |
Use | with peppermint oil. It is mainly used in oral hygiene products such as toothpaste, tooth powder, and in some medicines as a cooling, driving, anti-inflammatory, analgesic and exciting agent. It may also be used in post-shaving products, certain cosmetics, tobacco, and food products. It is used for Essence, and used as stimulant in medicine GB 2760-96 is allowed to be used as edible flavor. Mainly used for the preparation of water-soluble mint flavor (dosage of about 10%) and oil-soluble mint flavor (dosage of up to 38%), or directly added to cool drinks, wine and gum, bubble gum (dosage of up to 6%) et al. often used with peppermint oil in toothpaste, candy, wine, tobacco mouthwash. |
production method | from the Labiatae plant pepper mint (Mentha piperita) aerial part of the whole plant micro-dry plants (moisture does not exceed 55%) or dry leaves by steam distillation for mint crude oil, and then removed by a single part of the menthol from. The yield was 0.3% ~ 1%(based on dry leaves, the yield of crude oil was 1.5% ~ 2%). Mainly produced in the United States, the Soviet Union and Bulgaria, China also has a small amount of cultivation. |
toxic substance data | information provided by: pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (external link) |