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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/60549| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Analysis of essential oil from brazilian Mentha x piperita L. commercial samples |
| Other Titles: | Análise do óleo essencial de amostras comerciais brasileiras de Mentha x piperita L. |
| Authors: | Ulisses Alves Pereira Charles Martins Aguilar Maria Cecília Fernandes Dias Gustavo Luis D'grande Patrícia Fontes Pinheiro Vanessa Moreira Osório |
| Abstract: | The present work aimed to evaluate the content and composition of the essential oil from different Brazilian commercial samples of Mentha x piperita L (peppermint). The essential oil yield of the studied samples ranged from 0.12 to 0.62%. The gas chromatographic analysis of the essential oil showed 28 different compounds, which were obtained by hydrodistillation of the six samples. Samples 1-4 presented menthol as the major compound (49.3-82.0%), and menthone, isomenthone and menthyl acetate as secondary compounds. Samples 5 and 6 presented carvone as the major compound (64.465.5%) and pulegone was the second compound in higher proportion (6.1-8.6%). According to the Brazilian Pharmacopoeia, only samples 1-4 are constituted by Mentha x piperita L in agreement with the composition of the essential oils. The results obtained for samples 5 and 6, which conferred essential oil rich in carvone, suggest that these samples are not comprised by Mentha x piperita L but other species of Mentha, which can affect the therapeutic actions expected by people consuming the samples as an herbal medicine. |
| Subject: | Hortelã-pimenta Analise cromatográfica Cromatografia a gás Espectrometria de massa |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://dx.doi.org/10.21577/1984-6835.20210112 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/60549 |
| Issue Date: | 2022 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://s3.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com/static.sites.sbq.org.br/rvq.sbq.org.br/pdf/v14n2a09.pdf |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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