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Pharmaceutical Aspects of Some Mentha Herbs and Their Essential Oils

This article discusses the pharmaceutical aspects of certain Mentha herbs and their essential oils, and focuses on the most important representatives, defined here as those named in the 31st edition of Martindale's The Extra Pharmacopoeia

Influence of Harvesting Time on Chemical Composition of Mentha piperita L. Essential Oil

Chemical composition of Mentha piperita

Mentha viridis lavanduliodora Sacco Essential Oils: State of the Art

With regards to mint oil chemical composition, discovery and selection of new land races or chemotypes of Mentha species bring forth novel and unique flavor profiles. These are unique model systems for the study of essential oil biosynthetic pathway regulation and can be applied commercially, fulfilling some special market requirements.

Progress in Essential Oils: Mentha Citrate and Ajowan Oils

This edition discusses the chemical composition of Ajowan oil and Mentha citrata oil.

Enantiomeric Distribution of Oxygenated Monoterpenes in Some Mentha Essential Oils

In this research we analyzed chiral oxgenated monoterpenes, which are the predominant and most valuable monoterpenes in Mentha oils.This technique enables us to determine the enantiomeric purities of other components in the oils, such as monoterpene hydrocarbons and sesquiterpenes

Hydro-Distillation of Oils From Aromatic Herbs

Steam distillation for extracting essential oils from plant materials is a very simple operation. In fact, it is so simple that, for a long time, no one thought the way that the steam liberates the oil was worth investigating. So, until recently, this was very poorly understood and distillers were unaware of much inefficiency and waste built into stills and their operating procedures.

Progress in Essential Oils: Spanish Marjoram Oil, Lesser Galangal Oil and Wormwood Oil

This edition discusses the chemical composition of Spanish marjoram oil, lesser galangal oil and wormwood oil.

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Progress in Essential Oils: Lemon Verbena Oil

This month's column discusses the chemical composition of lemon verbena oil.

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Progress in Essential Oils: Lavender Oil

Brian Lawrence, consultant, explores lavender oil composition in this issue.

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Flavor Bites: Para-mentha-8-thiol-3-one acetate

Though similar to para-mentha-8-thiol-3-one in odor profile, para-mentha-8-thiol-3-one acetate is more heat stable and is less prone to H2S loss on storage.

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Progress in Essential Oils: Celery Seed and Leaf Oils

This month's column discusses the chemical compositions of celery seed leaf and oil.

Lime Oils from Mexico

We believe that this year Mexican lime oil production will reach 3,000 drums. No stock seems to be available in Mexico from last year’s production; however, some plants are already turning out a substantial amount of product.

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Exploring Essential Oils in Las Américas

After 17 years, IFEAT returns to South America to discuss the challenges, opportunities and future of LATAM's essential oil industry and its impact on the global market.

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Pink Pepper Fruit and Leaf Oils

This month's column discusses the chemical composition of pink pepper fruit and leaf oils.

Composition of Vietnamese Essential Oil from Melaleuca Leucadendron L.

In this paper, the chemical composition of the oil, established by a combination of gas-chromatography (GC) and gas-chromatography/massspectrometry (GC/MS), is described.

The Essential Oil from Rosmarinus officinalis L.

The essential oil produced from the leaves of Rosmarinus officinalis L. is an important essential oil of Spain. The Rosmarinus offlcinalis L. plant grows wild and has been cultivated in different parts of the country. The following sections treat history, botany, essential oil production, physiochemical properties, chemical composition, olfactive properties and applications, and production and trade of the essential oil of Rosemary. The preparation of terpeneless essential oil of Rosemary will be mentioned.

A Unique Mentha aquatica Mint for Flavor

In this paper we present the oil from our selected Mentha x aquatica L. (“Aquamint”) that can be blended to an M. x piperita oil to increase the menthofuran to match a standard “Yakima” oil.

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Lemon Essential Oil: World Production, Extraction Methods and Trading

Looking into the future, it appears not so difficult to predict that worldwide consumption of lemon oil should be showing a further growth rate during the next ten years or so. Whether the industries will be able to supply the growing market in appropriate volumes and accessible prices, is something that remains to be seen.

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