Cornmint Essential Oil
Cornmint Essential Oil Profile. Cornmint is a rather fragile herb with leafy stems up to 60cm high, lance-shaped leaves and lilac-colored flowers borne in clustered whorls in the axils of the upper leaves. Essential oil extracted by steam distillation from the flowering herb. Native to Europe and parts of Asia (Japan and China); naturalized in North America. Major producers of the oil include China, Brazil, Argentina, India and Vietnam.
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| Botanical Name: | Mentha arvensis L. |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Synonyms: | Field mint, Japanese mint, Brazilian mint oil, pennyroyal oil wild. |
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| Parts Used: | Flowering herb |
| Extraction Method: | Steam distilled (normally dementholised, otherwise is a solid) |
| Appearance: | Colourless to pale yellow, (dementholised) |
| Aroma Description: | Strong fresh bitter sweet minty odour |
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| Consistancy: | Medium |
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| Historical Uses: | In the East it has been used to treat rheumatic pain, neuralgia, toothache, laryngitis, indigestion, colds and bronchitis. In Chinese medicine, it is also employed for relieving earache, treating tumours, and some skin conditions. |
| Modern Uses: | Used in some pharmaceutical preparations, such as cough lozenges, herb teas and syrups, mainly in the form of menthol. Extensively employed in menthol note fragrance compounds in soaps, toothpastes, detergents, cosmetics, perfumes and especially industrial fragrances. Used by the food industry especially for flavouring in fresh, menthol note flavours, confectionery, liqueurs and chewing gum. |
| Cautions: | Nontoxic, nonirritant (except in concentration); may cause sensitization in some individuals. Menthol is a dermal irritant. |
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