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CLM-MINT-001 · VERIFIED

Menthol and menthone in peppermint oil

GC-MS analysis of the essential oil of one peppermint cultivar identified menthol and menthone as its main components, followed by limonene, menthyl acetate and β-caryophyllene.

SCOPE

One peppermint cultivar ('Kristinka'); composition only, and it does not cover spearmint or other mint species.

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), check run 36955913407.

LIFECYCLE

active · reviewed 2026-10-02 · corrections 0

MintSB-0032↗

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

Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 349.