Mentha arvensis , CIM-Unnati (MASP-19)
| About Plant | Mentha arvensis )Family: Lamiaceae) is native to the temperate regions of Europe and western and central Asia, east to the Himalaya and eastern Siberia, and North America. It is commonly known as corn mint, menthol or japanese mint |
| Plant Variety | CIM-Unnati (MASP-19) |
| Major Constituents of Variety | Menthol (74.3%) |
| Essential Oil | |
| MS Graph of Essential Oil |
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| Compounds in essential Oil |
Limonene (2.9%), Menthone (6.5%), Isomenthone (5.8%), Menthol (74.3%), Neomenthol (1.9%), Pulegone (0.4%), Menthyl acetate (2.7%) |
| Major Compound |
Pulegone
Neo-Menthol
Menthyl Acetate
Menthone
Menthol
Limonene
Isomenthone
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| MS Graph in Compound |
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| Compound Property |
Physical parameters of essential oil of MASP-19 (CIM-Unnati) - Refractive index (20 degree C) 1.4596; Optical rotation (20 degree C) -37.24; Relative density (18.6 degree C) 0.9013; Solubility in 70% ethyl alcohol (18.6 degree C) 2.3-2.4 volumes) |
| Contributor |
VENKATESHA KT*, VED R SINGH, RAJENDRA C PADALIA, RAKESH K UPADHYAY, AMIT CHAUHAN, AMIT K TIWARI, SONVEER SINGH, GUNJAN BHATT, DIVYA , PRAGYA PANDEY, RAM S VERMA, MANEESHA MALL, ASHUTOSH K SHUKLA, CHANDAN S CHANOTIYA, SANJAY KUMAR, BIRENDRA KUMAR, ANIL K GUPTA, RAJESH K VERMA, ABDUL SAMAD, PANKAJ KUMAR, MOHIT C RAWAT |
| Year of Release |
2020 |
| Reference |
Venkatesha KT et al., 2020. CIM-Unnati: An essential oil rich variety of menthol mint (Mentha arvensis L.). Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences, 42(1-2):73-79. |
