About Plant | Mentha arvensis )Family: Lamiaceae) is native to the temperate regions of Europe and western and central Asia, east to the Himalaya and eastern Siberia, and North America. It is commonly known as corn mint, menthol or japanese mint |
Plant Variety | Himalaya |
Major Constituents of Variety | Menthol 80% |
Essential Oil | Mentha arvensis Himalaya essential oil |
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Compounds in essential Oil | Menthol, menthone, methyle acetate, isomenthol |
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MS Graph in Compound | |
Compound Property | N/A |
Contributor | (1). S Kumar, BR Tyagi, JR Bahl, H. Singh, V. Singh, Ram Ujagir, SPS Khanuja, AK Shasany,RS Shukla, A Sattar, D Singh, A Haseeb, VP Singh, P Ram, K Singh, S Singh, SP Singh,NK Patra, M Alam, AA Naqvi, M Ram, KK Agarwal and K Singh; (2). Rao, BR Rajeswara. |
Year of Release | 1997 |
Reference | Himalaya-a high menthol yielding hybrid clone of M. arvensis. J. Med. Arom. Pl. Sci (1997) Pl Sci 19: 729-731. |