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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 (-)-MENTHOL

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Chemid
-MENTHOL
Ubiquitous
No

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Plant Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
Mentha arvensis var. piperascens Leaf 1500.0 9600.0 -0.1 *
Mentha pulegium Plant 1.0 22.0 -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Mentha pulegium Essential Oil -- 1100.0 -- *
Mentha spicata Leaf 8.0 200.0 -1.2 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Mentha spicata Essential Oil -- -- -- *
Mentha x piperita Leaf 570.0 22800.0 1.3 *
Momordica charantia Seed Essent. Oil -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.