SOURCE:
MENTHA PIPERITA Lim.

CHEMICAL CONSTITUTENTS:
LIMONIENE: 1% - 4%
CINEOLE: 2% - 8%
MENTHONE: 15% - 30%
ISO MENTHONE: 2% - 6%
M.FURON: 2% - 5%
MENTHOL: 30% - 45%

SOLUBILITY:
SOLUBLE IN 2 VOL OF 70%

IDENTIFICATION:
PASSE S THE TEST

SPECIFIC GRAVITY:
BETWEEN 0.896 AND 0.908

ANGULAR ROTATION:
BETWEEN -18?AND -32?IN A 100 MM TUBE

REFRACTIVE INDEX:
BETWEEN 1.459 AND 1.456 @ 20?

HEAVY METALS:
PASSES THE TEST

DIMENTHYL SULPHIDE:
PASSES THE TEST

ASSAY FOR TOTAL ESTERS:
TOTAL ESTERS, MIN.5% CALCULATED AS MENTHYL ACETATE, C10H22