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Essential Oil Details

Essential Name

: Mentha longifolia essential oil

Plant Name

: Horse Mint

Plant Variety Name

: NA

Plant Tissue Name

: Whole plant

Introduction

It is a very variable herbaceous perennial plant with a peppermint-scented aroma. Like many mints, it has a creeping rhizome, with erect to creeping stems 40â€“120 cm tall. the essential oil obtained from plant was used for making beverages like mint sweet, and other beauity products.

Biological Activity Details

Serial No.	Biological Activity Name
1	Anti-microbial

Reference

1. Verma, Ram S., et al. "Essential Oil Composition of Mentha longifolia (L.) L. Collected from Garhwal Region of Western-Himalaya." Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants 18.4 (2015): 957-966.

2. Mkaddem, Mounira, et al. "Chemical composition and antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Mentha (longifolia L. and viridis) essential oils." Journal of food science 74.7 (2009): M358-M363.

Major Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Piperitone	48.7
2	Piperitenone Oxide	21.2
3	Germacrene D	9.8

Minor Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	(E)-Caryophyllene	2.3
2	Alpha-Humulene	1.5
3	Thymol	1.4
4	(E)-Beta-Farnesene	0.4
5	Myrtenal	0.1
6	Myrcene	0.1
7	Linalool	0.3
8	Limonene	0.9
9	Gamma-Gurjunene	0.3
10	Camphene	Trace
11	Beta-Pinene	0.7
12	Beta-Elemene	0.3
13	Alpha-Terpineol	0.4
14	Alpha-Pinene	0.6
15	3-Octanone	Trace
16	3-Octanol	0.1
17	1, 8-Cineole	0.1
18	(Z)-Beta-Ocimene	0.1
19	Terpinen-4-Ol	0.6
20	Sabinene	0.3