• CAS number

    8006-90-4
  • Botanical

    Mentha piperita L., fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

Chialva, F. and Gabri, G., Headspace versus Classical Analysis in Capillary Gas Chromatography (steamdistilled oil), in: Essential Oil Analysis, pp. 123-154, Edits. P. Sandra and C. Bicchi, D. Alfred Huethig Verlag, Heidelberg, Basel (1987)

Compound CAS DB5 Carbowax Proportion
Menthol 89-78-1 1177.4 1612.6 31.1%
Menthone 14073-97-3 1159.43 1471.0 19.7%
Eucalyptol 470-82-6 1033.29 1213.86 5.4%
gamma-Terpinene 99-85-4 1063.71 1245.0 3.6%
Menthofuran 494-90-6 1164.0 1488.0 2.9%
p-Menthan-3-one 491-07-6 1164.33 1491.67 2.7%
Limonene, (+/-)- 138-86-3 1032.0 1196.29 1.9%
Humulene 6753-98-6 1461.43 1668.0 1.6%
beta-Pinene 127-91-3 979.0 1113.0 1.3%
Alpha-Terpineol 98-55-5 1191.71 1693.43 1.3%
Menthyl acetate 89-48-5 1297.0 1560.0 1.2%
Piperitone 89-81-6 1259.6 1732.71 1.1%
Linalool, (+/-)- 78-70-6 1101.14 1548.57 1.0%
Caryophyllene 87-44-5 1427.14 1595.57 1.0%
beta-Ocimene, (3Z)- 3338-55-4 1038.86 1235.14 0.9%
alpha-PINENE 80-56-8 940.0 1020.71 0.6%
Myrcene 123-35-3 990.57 1161.14 0.6%
alpha-Terpinene 99-86-5 1019.29 1186.29 0.5%
beta-Bourbonene 5208-59-3 1391.0 1536.71 0.5%
(+)-Delta-Cadinene 483-76-1 1524.14 1755.43 0.3%
Sabinen 3387-41-5 975.71 1124.43 0.2%
p-CYMENE 99-87-6 1025.71 1269.29 0.2%
(-)-alpha-Thujene 3917-48-4 935.43 1027.57 0.1%
Viridiflorol 552-02-3 1596.0 2085.0 0.1%
Camphene 79-92-5 951.57 1071.29 0.01%
Total 79.81%