UTILIZATION OF MENTHA OIL AND DERIVED PRODUCTS

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    • Carminative
    • Spasmolytic
    • Mild Antidiarrheal
    • Aromatic stimulant
    • Cholagogue

    Mentha oil uses
  • In tooth paste preparations as a taste corrector
  • Mentha oil is used for flavoring in pharmaceuticals, dental preparation, mouth washes, cough drops, soaps, and chewing gum.
  • Mentha oil is widely used in flatulence, nausea, and gastralgia.
  • Mentha oil has mild antiseptic and local anesthetic properties.
  • Mentha oil is used externally in rheumatism, neuralgia, congestive, headache and toothache.
  • The menthol is antipruritic and used on the skin or mucous membrane as a counter-irritant, antiseptic, and stimulant. Internally, it has a depressant effect on the heart
  • The menthol is used in food industries such as liquor, soda, syrup, confectionery (candy, chewing gum and chocolate).
  • The menthol is used in cosmetic preparation like shaving cream, tooth paste, lotion, deodorant and aftershave lotion, etc.