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CLM-PEPPERMINT-001 · VERIFIED

Menthol and isomenthone in peppermint oil

In essential oil distilled from the leaves of peppermint grown in Burkina Faso, menthol and iso-menthone were the major components.

SCOPE

Oil from one growing region; peppermint oil composition varies with origin and chemotype.

SUPPORT CHECK

The statement the claim rests on was found word for word in the abstract fetched from the named service, and an editor read the full abstract against every part of the claim. Abstract from Europe PMC (ebi.ac.uk/europepmc).

LIFECYCLE

active · reviewed 2026-10-02 · corrections 0

CANONICAL PROFILES1
PeppermintSB-0048↗
SUPPORTING SOURCES1
VERIFIEDPRIMARY

Composition and Antimicrobial Activities of Lippia multiflora Moldenke, Mentha x piperita L. and Ocimum basilicum L. Essential Oils and Their Major Monoterpene Alcohols Alone and in Combination

Imaël Henri Nestor Bassolé et al.

Molecules

DOI 10.3390/molecules15117825
Registry record ↗External source ↗

Permanent identifier smellbook:claim:menthol-and-isomenthone-in-peppermint-oil · Graph record (JSON)

Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since the dataset release of 2026-10-05 · sha256 d10c2deef978.