MOLECULE

menthol

Named in 1 VERIFIED claim about 1 Atlas entry: Mint.

Where the evidence names it

Mint

Major component · the claim says “main components”

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. CLM-MINT-001 ↗

Identifiers

PubChem: CID 1254 (Menthol)
Formula: C10H20O
InChIKey: NOOLISFMXDJSKH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Wikidata: No single Wikidata item carries this InChIKey.
ChEBI: Not recorded.

Checked against PubChem and Wikidata on 2026-10-02 (identifier check run 37063263965). Every name SmellBook uses must resolve to the same single PubChem compound.

WHAT THIS MEANS

SmellBook lists a molecule only where a VERIFIED claim names it, in the role and scope that claim states. A molecule reported in a smell's evidence is not the whole smell: most smells come from many compounds together, and the studies measured particular samples, such as one cultivar, an essential oil or a cooked product.

Permanent identifier smellbook:molecule:menthol · Graph record (JSON)

Cite as SmellBook. (2026). menthol (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 369. smellbook:molecule:menthol. https://smellbook.com/molecules/menthol

Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 369.