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Peppermint is a hybrid of water mint and spearmint. [1] The oil has been used for various purposes over centuries. [1] Peppermint extract is commonly used in cooking, as a dietary supplement, as an herbal or alternative medicine, as a pest repellent, and a flavor or fragrance agent for cleaning products, cosmetics, mouthwash, chewing gum, and ...
Peppermint is an herbaceous, rhizomatous, perennial plant that grows to be 30–90 cm (12–35 in) tall, with smooth stems, square in cross section. The rhizomes are wide-spreading and fleshy, and bear fibrous roots. The leaves can be 4–9 cm (11⁄2 – 31⁄2 in) long and 1.5–4 cm (1⁄2 – 11⁄2 in) broad.
Menthyl acetate is a natural monoterpene which contributes to the smell and flavor of peppermint. It is the acetate ester of menthol. Menthyl acetate constitutes 3–5% of the volatile oil of mentha piperita, contributing to its smell and flavour. [2][3]
pakha-ch'a. IPA. [pa.kʰa.tɕʰa] Mint tea is a herbal tea made by infusing mint leaves in hot water. [1] Mint tea made with peppermint leaves is called peppermint tea, and mint tea made with spearmint is called spearmint tea. There also exist teas that infuse peppermint and spearmint leaves. In Korea, traditional mint tea called bakha-cha ...
leaves and bark buds, flowers and fruit E. pulchella from A critical revision of the genus Eucalyptus. Eucalyptus pulchella, commonly known as the white peppermint or narrow-leaved peppermint, [2] is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to Tasmania. it has smooth bark, sometimes with rough fibrous bark on older trees, linear leaves, flower buds in groups of nine to twenty or ...
Corvalol (Корвалол, Corvalolum, Korvalol) is a tranquilizer based on the herb valerian (Valeriana officinalis) root, as well peppermint oil Mentha piperita and hop extract Humulus lupulus and the barbiturate phenobarbital, popular in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union as a heart medication. It is available as a transparent ...
flower buds and flowers. Eucalyptus odorata, commonly known as peppermint box, [2] is a species of mallee or a small tree that is endemic to South Australia. It has rough, hard bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth greyish bark on the thinner branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and eleven, white flowers and cylindrical or barrel-shaped fruit.
Mentha canadensis is a species of mint native to North America (from the Northwest Territories to central Mexico) and the eastern part of Asia (from Siberia to Java).In North America, it is commonly known as Canada mint, [3] American wild mint, [4] and in Asia as Chinese mint, Sakhalin mint, [5] Japanese mint, [6] and East Asian wild mint. [7]