DESCRIPTION

Peppermint Oil occurs as a colorless or pale yellow liquid with a strong, penetrating odor of peppermint and a pungent taste that is followed by a sensation of coldness when air is drawn into the mouth. It is the essential oil obtained by steam distillation from the fresh overground parts of the flowering plant of Mentha piperita L. (Fam. Labiatae); it may be rectified by distillation, but is neither partially nor wholly dementholized. It is soluble in alcohol and in most vegetable oils, but it is insoluble in propylene glycol.