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Essential Oil Details

Essential Name

: Mentha longifolia essential oil

Plant Name

: Horse Mint

Plant Variety Name

: NA

Plant Tissue Name

: Whole plant

Introduction

It is a very variable herbaceous perennial plant with a peppermint-scented aroma. Like many mints, it has a creeping rhizome, with erect to creeping stems 40–120 cm tall. the essential oil obtained from plant was used for making beverages like mint sweet, and other beauity products.

Biological Activity Details

Serial No.	Biological Activity Name
1	Anti-microbial

Reference

1. Verma, Ram S., et al. "Essential Oil Composition of Mentha longifolia (L.) L. Collected from Garhwal Region of Western-Himalaya." Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants 18.4 (2015): 957-966.

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.

Major Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Piperitone	48.7
2	Piperitenone Oxide	21.2
3	Germacrene D	9.8

Minor Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	(E)-Caryophyllene	2.3
2	Alpha-Humulene	1.5
3	Thymol	1.4
4	(E)-Beta-Farnesene	0.4
5	Limonene	0.9
6	Linalool	0.3
7	(Z)-Beta-Ocimene	0.1
8	Myrcene	0.1
9	1, 8-Cineole	0.1
10	Myrtenal	0.1
11	3-Octanol	0.1
12	Sabinene	0.3
13	3-Octanone	Trace
14	Terpinen-4-Ol	0.6
15	Alpha-Pinene	0.6
16	Alpha-Terpineol	0.4
17	Beta-Elemene	0.3
18	Beta-Pinene	0.7
19	Camphene	Trace
20	Gamma-Gurjunene	0.3