mentha citrata
mentha citrata

Peppermint Essential Oil Piperita CAS 8006-90-4

True peppermint oil is steam distilled from the partially dried herb of Mentha Piperita which is a hybrid from three other species of Mentha, all natives of southern Europe.

Natural Peppermint Oil is a pale yellow or pale olive colored liquid of fresh, strong, somewhat grassy-minty odor with a deep balsamic-sweet undertone and a sweet, clean dryout note. The grassy topnote may disappear or fade after proper ageing of the oil (polymerization of the lower aldehydes, etc.). Even the odor gives an impression of coolness, often due to the psychological effect of associating the known flavor with the impression of the odor.
Arctander, Steffen . Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin (p. 596). 
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Peppermint oil is steam distilled from the flowering tops of the perennial herb Mentha piperita. The principal constituents of peppermint oil are menthol and menthone with lesser amounts of menthyl acetate and menthofuran among others. Piperita is mostly cultivated in Western USA (some production in India), with the bulk of arvensis from China and India.

Peppermint essential oil is a pale yellow, yellow/green to colourless liquid with a penetrating characteristic minty camphoraceous odour.

CAS

8006-90-4
FEMA

2848
Binomial Name

Mentha piperita
Appearance

Colourless to pale yellow clear liquid
Odour description

at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. peppermint
Taste description

peppermint