Methods for Determining Menthol as Main Component of Pepper Mint (Mentha Piperita.L)

Abstract

Today, one of the urgent tasks of modern chemistry is to expand the methods of obtaining essential oils, as well as the main components, from medicinal plant raw materials, which are common plants of the local flora. Although progress has been made in the fields of synthesis of chemical preparations and their application, the need for natural medicines and preparations from plants has also not lost its importance. One of the local plants rich in essential oil in this article is considered pepper mint (Mentha piperita.L) highlighted the methods of detection of menthol, which is considered one of the main components in the composition of essential oil, isolated in plant raw materials.