CHAPTER 18. Mint – Mentha piperita (Peppermint), Mentha spicata (Spearmint), Mentha aquatica (Water Mint), Mentha arvensis (Corn, Field, Wild Mint, Japanese Mint, Marsh Mint)

Mentha piperita is a natural hybrid of water mint (Mentha aquatica) and spearmint (Mentha spicata L.), that are consumed as tisanes. For that reason, the present work evaluated physicochemical and microbiological aspects for the quality control of a commercial brand of Mentha piperita herbal tea distributed in Costa Rica, using assays established by the Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) 11.03.56.09 (Pharmaceutical products. Natural medicinal products for human use. Quality verification), and determined if they have uniformity for different batches of this brand. To verify the quality of three batches of this product, the following assays were done: Labeling requirements, organoleptic, minimum fill, foreign organic matter, loss on drying, total ash, acid-insoluble ash, lead and arsenic limits, microbial enumerations and specific microorganisms (E. coli and Salmonella sp.) assays. As conclusion, the batches were in compliance for all the assays, except for labeling test, since information corresponding to the primary (batch number and expiration date) and secondary packaging (qualitative-quantitative composition of active ingredients interactions and adverse effects) were not presented. Furthermore, one of the batches did not have information about the employment, contraindications and warnings. Also, the manufacturing company maintained a good reproducibility between one batch and another, and the improvements that can be made are in the product labeling and better controls in its filling. Keywords: Natural product, Mentha piperita, quality control, tisane, pharmacopoeia, Central American Technical Regulation.

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Mentha arvensis L. Mentha longifolia (L.) L. Mentha spicata L. Mentha × piperita L. Lamiaceae

Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-28947-8_89 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 499-507

Author(s):

Rainer W. Bussmann ◽

Ketevan Batsatsashvili ◽

Zaal Kikvidze ◽

Izatmo Kadirova ◽

Abdolbaset Ghorbani ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mentha Piperita ◽

Mentha Arvensis ◽

Mentha Spicata ◽

Mentha Longifolia

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WILD-GROWING SPECIES OF MINT AS CARRIERS OF GENES OF RESISTANCE TO ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

Samara Journal of Science ◽

10.17816/snv20152107 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 24-30

Author(s):

Liudmila Alexandrovna Bygayenko

Keyword(s):

Interspecific Hybridization ◽

Frost Resistance ◽

Interspecific Hybrids ◽

Mentha Piperita ◽

Mentha Spicata ◽

Resistant Parent ◽

Mentha Aquatica ◽

Wide Range ◽

Valuable Method ◽

Selection Of

It is shown wild-growing types of mint can be carriers of genes of frost resistance and resistance to rust which is caused by a mushroom of Puccinia menthae Pers. The method of interspecific hybridization with use of the cultivated types - Mentha piperita and Mentha canadensis L., and also wild-growing types - Mentha aquatica L., Mentha spicata L. and Mentha longifolia (L.) Nathh is perspective for creation of steady grades. Sustainability donors to a rust - M. canadensis K60 (4p) and K6 M. aquatica which in a wide range of combinations provide resistance to a rust of bulk of hybrid posterity have been revealed. Interspecific hybridization at mint at the corresponding selection of parental couples is a valuable method of creation of highly productive hybrids, steady against a rust (Puccinia menthae Pers) that has been shown.. Monogenic nature of inheritance of an immunity to Puccinia menthae Pers is confirmed and the genotype of the parental forms M. canadensis, M.aquatica, M.spicata is determined by S gene, Existence of prepotent (S) or recessive alleles (s) in homozygous (SS, SSSS, ss) or a heterozygotic state (Ss, SSss) expressiveness of this sign in hybrid posterity of F1 defines. It is established that in F1 of interspecific hybrids from crossing of an allopolyploid form of a pepper mint with frost resistance plants of M. spicata it is frost resistance sign inherited generally on intermediate type, however to 30 % of plants comes nearer on this sign to the frost-resistant parent. It indicates possibility of receiving interspecific hybrids with increased frost resistance at the specified type of crossings. For creation of hybrids with the increased frost resistance use in interspecific hybridization of the frost-resistant forms M. spicata K42, K65, the S1 and S2 lines received from self-pollination of K65 (2.8.I4, 9.37.34), and also a polyploidy of M. canadensis of K60 is perspective. The gene pool of wild-growing types and forms of mint in which the genotypes possessing genes of resistance to rust and the lowered temperatures are presented is created.

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COUPLED GAS LIQUID – THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY: SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF PIPERITONE AND PIPERITONE OXIDE IN ESSENTIAL OILS

Canadian Journal of Chemistry ◽

10.1139/v63-209 ◽

1963 ◽

Vol 41 (6) ◽

pp. 1535-1539 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Ishwar C. Nigam ◽

M. Sahasrabudhe ◽

Leo Levi

Keyword(s):

Thin Layer ◽

Thin Layer Chromatography ◽

Mentha Piperita ◽

The Novel ◽

Mentha Arvensis ◽

Japanese Mint ◽

Novel Method ◽

First Time ◽

Layer Chromatography

Gas liquid and thin layer chromatography have been combined into a single microphysicochemical technique. The resolution of two terpenoids found in nature—piperitone and piperitone oxide—is described to illustrate the scope of the novel method of analysis. Occurrence of the epoxide in Mentha arvensis (Japanese mint), Mentha piperita (Mitcham peppermint), Eucalyptus dives Schauer, "Type" ("broad-leaved peppermint"), and Eucalyptus numerosa Maiden, var. "A" is reported for the first time. Its presence in these species should prove of biochemical as well as taxonomic interest.

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THE ACTIVITY OF ESSENTIAL OILS OBTAINED FROM SPECIES AND INTERSPECIES HYBRIDS OF THE Mentha GENUS AGAINST SELECTED PLANT PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Hortorum Cultus ◽

10.24326/asphc.2018.6.17 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (6) ◽

pp. 167-174 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Małgorzata Schollenberger ◽

Tomasz M. Staniek ◽

Elżbieta Paduch-Cichal ◽

Beata Dasiewicz ◽

Agnieszka Gadomska-Gajadhur ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Essential Oils ◽

Pseudomonas Syringae ◽

Pathogenic Bacteria ◽

Antimicrobial Effect ◽

Mentha Piperita ◽

Mentha Spicata ◽

Plant Essential Oils ◽

Plant Pathogenic Bacteria ◽

Interspecies Hybrids

Plant essential oils of six aromatic herb species and interspecies hybrids of the family Lamiaceae – chocolate mint (Mentha piperita × ‘Chocolate’), pineapple mint (Mentha suaveolens ‘Variegata’), apple mint (Mentha × rotundifolia), spearmint (Mentha spicata), orange mint (Mentha × piperita ‘Granada’) and strawberry mint (Mentha × villosa ‘Strawberry’) – were investigated for antimicrobial effects against plant pathogenic bacteria: Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae and Xanthomonas arboricola pv. corylina. The screening was carried out in vitro on agar plates filled with the target organism. All essential oils screened exhibited a higher level of antibacterial activity against A. tumefaciens and X. arboricola pv. corylina than streptomycin used as a standard in all tests. The antimicrobial effect of streptomycin and five mint oils was at the same level for P. syringae pv. syringae. There were no significant differences in the influence of the chocolate mint oil on the growth inhibition of all bacteria tested. Plant essential oils from pineapple mint, apple mint, spearmint and strawberry mint showed the weakest antimicrobial activity against P. syringae pv. syringae and the strongest towards A. tumefaciens and X. arboricola pv. corylina. The essential oils from strawberry mint, pineapple mint, spearmint and apple mint had the strongest effect on A. tumefaciens, and the lowest inhibitory activity was exhibited by the chocolate mint and orange mint essential oils. X. arboricola pv. corylina was the most sensitive to the strawberry mint, pineapple mint and spearmint oils. The chocolate mint oil showed the greatest activity against P. syringae pv. syringae.

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Composition of the essential oil of introduced mint forms of Mentha piperita and Mentha arvensis species

Doklady Biological Sciences ◽

10.1134/s0012496609060167 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 429 (1) ◽

pp. 538-540 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

D. V. Kurilov ◽

E. B. Kirichenko ◽

G. F. Bidyukova ◽

L. S. Olekhnovich ◽

Luu Dam Ku

Keyword(s):

Essential Oil ◽

Mentha Piperita ◽

Mentha Arvensis

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Isolation and Characterization of Flavonol Converting Enzymes from Mentha piperita Plants and from Mentha arvensis Cell Suspension Cultures

Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C ◽

10.1515/znc-1979-3-408 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 34 (3-4) ◽

pp. 200-209 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Gudrun Frey-Schröder ◽

Wolfgang Barz

Keyword(s):

Cell Suspension ◽

Oxidase Activity ◽

Enzyme Reaction ◽

Cell Suspension Cultures ◽

Suspension Cultures ◽

Mentha Piperita ◽

Mentha Arvensis ◽

Iaa Oxidase ◽

Isolation And Characterization ◽

Group I

Abstract Peroxidases from several plants, including horseradish peroxidase, were capable of converting flavonols to the corresponding 2,3-dihydroxyflavanones in presence of H2O2 . Contrastingly, protein extracts from Mentha piperita plants and Mentha arvensis cell suspension cultures perform ed the same enzymatic step in absence of H2O2 , but only with quercetin, not with kaempferol. H2O2-independent, quercetin converting enzymes were isolated and purified from these extracts, and they could be classified in two groups according to the extent of stimulation of the enzyme reaction by H2O2 . Enzymes from group I were stimulated by exogenous H2O2 , and they resembled horse radish peroxidase in several aspects. They possessed IAA oxidase activity, but quercetin was the preferred substrate. Enzymes from group II from the plants appeared to be a distinctly different set of enzymes. They were not stimulated by H2O2 , but required molecular oxygen and converted only 3,3′,4′-trihydroxyflavones under aerobic conditions. Also, they showed no Soret-bands and possessed no IAA oxidase activity. These proteins appear to be a new class of enzymes participating in the first step of flavonol degradation in plants.

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Mentha piperita and Mentha spicata

Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs ◽

10.1007/978-3-642-49340-9_14 ◽

1992 ◽

pp. 171-178 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

I. H. Bowen ◽

I. J. Cubbin

Keyword(s):

Mentha Piperita ◽

Mentha Spicata

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Agrobiological Interactions of Essential Oils of Two Menthol Mints: Mentha piperita and Mentha arvensis

Molecules ◽

10.3390/molecules25010059 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 59 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Danuta Kalemba ◽

Agnieszka Synowiec

Keyword(s):

Biological Activities ◽

Review Article ◽

Mentha Piperita ◽

Agricultural Pest ◽

Mentha Arvensis ◽

Botanical Pesticides ◽

New Methods ◽

In Situ Experiments

This review article discusses the active constituents and potential of two menthol mint oils, Mentha piperita (MPEO) and Mentha arvensis (MAEO), as natural sources for botanical pesticides. The biological activities of these menthol mint oils, which can be useful in agriculture, have been broadly researched, especially toward phytotoxic microorganisms. To a lesser extent, the insecticidal and herbicidal activities of mint EOs have also been studied. It is apparent that the prospect of using menthol mint oils in agriculture is increasing in popularity. A number of investigations showed that the in vitro efficacy of MPEO and MAEO, as well as that of their main constituent, menthol, is pronounced. The results of in vitro research are useful for choosing EOs for further investigations. However, it is clear that in situ experiments are crucial and should be more extensively developed. At the same time, known techniques are to be applied to this area and new methods should be worked out, aiming at the improvement of EOs’ pesticidal efficacy and cost-effectiveness, for future implementation in agricultural pest control.

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