Product Profile of Aromatic Colourless Mentha Piperita Oil

Gyan Flavours Export manufactures Aromatic Colourless Mentha Piperita Oil. Gyan Flavours Export offers various Natural Essential Oils, Aromatic Chemicals and Allied Products like Spices, Oleoresin, Food Colours, Psyillium Husk and Dried Fruit Powder. The Aromatic Colourless Mentha Piperita Oil is a clear, pale yellow or greenish yellow liquid and is used in Antacid, Anorexia, Antiviral, Arthritis, Asthma, Bile Duct Disorders, Bronchial Spasm, Chicken Pox, Cholelithiasis [Gallstones], Colonic Spasm [During Colonoscopy or Barium Enema], Common Cold, Cough, Cramps, Dysmenorrhea [Menstrual Pain], Enteritis, Fever, Fibromyositis etc.

Specifications of the Aromatic Colourless Mentha Piperita Oil:

• Odour/Flavour: An aromatic and minty odour, followed by a sensation of cold

• Menthol contents: Not less than 44%

• Menthyl Acetate: 4.5% w/w to 10% w/w

• Menthone contents: 15% w/w to 32% w/w

• Specific Gravity : 0.900 to 0.912

• Refractive Index: 1.460 to 1.467

• Optical Rotation: -16 to -30

• Acidity/Alkalinity: Neutral to Litmus

Applications of the Aromatic Colourless Mentha Piperita Oil:

• Peppermint applied to the forehead and temples favourably reduce headache symptoms.

• Peppermint and its main active agent, menthol, are effective decongestants.

• Good expectorant.

• Soothing and calming for sore throats and dry coughs.

• Peppermint help to relieve painful cramps as it relaxes muscles during menstrual periods in females.

• Peppermint relaxes the muscles during painful digestive gas.

• Peppermint improves the flow of bile helping in proper digestion of fats.

• The antiseptic and diaphoretic qualities of Mentha piperita make it valuable in the treatment of colds and flu. Ú

• Mentha piperita`s cooling properties reduce swelling and inflammation from bruises.

• To disguise the unpleasant taste of other medicines.

• Mints are used in many pain reliving creams for its anaesthetic properties.