CSIR CIMAP AROMA | Essential Oil Details

Essential Oil Details

Essential Name

: Mentha Viridis essential oil

Plant Name

: Garden Mint, Pudina

Plant Variety Name

: Ganga

Plant Tissue Name

: Whole plant

Introduction

Other Details

Mentha viridis is grown for its aromatic and carminative essential oil, called oil of spearmint. Spearmint leaves can be used whole; chopped; dried; dried and ground; frozen; or preserved in salt, sugar, sugar syrup, alcohol, or oil.

Biological Activity Details

Serial No.	Biological Activity Name
1	Anti-microbial

Reference

1. SPS Khanuja, AK Shasany, S Dhawan, MP Darokar, S Sa-tapathy, TRS Kumar, VK Gupta,A K Tripathi, S Awasthi, V Prajapati, AA Naqvi, KK Agrawal, JR Bahl, AK Singh,A Ahmad, RP Bansal, A Krishna and D Saikia. Multutility plant ’Ganga’ of Mentha spicata var. viridis. J. Med. Arom. Pl. Sci (2001) 23: 113-116.

2. Mkaddem, Mounira, et al. "Chemical composition and antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Mentha (longifolia L. and viridis) essential oils." Journal of food science 74.7 (2009): M358-M363.

3. Mkaddem, Mounira, et al. "Chemical composition and antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Mentha (longifolia L. and viridis) essential oils." Journal of food science 74.7 (2009): M358-M363.

Major Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Piperitenone Oxide	70
2	Carvone	20
3	1,8-Cineole	10.5

Minor Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Limonene	4.87
2	Beta-Caryophyllene	3.00
3	Camphor	3.68
4	Terpinen-4-Ol	2.97
5	Cis-P-Menth-2-En-1-Ol	1.20
6	Isomenthone	1.13
7	Alpha-Guaiene	1.01
8	Alpha-Terpineol	1.97
9	Beta-Myrcene	0.19
10	Delta-3-Carene	0.34
11	Gamma-Terpinene	0.78
12	Isopulegol	0.28
13	3-Octanol	0.54
14	P-Cymene	0.33
15	Alpha- Pinene	0.50
16	Sabinene	0.20