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Menthofuran is an organic compound found in a variety of essential oils including that of pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium).It is highly toxic and believed to be the primary toxin in pennyroyal responsible for its potentially fatal effects. [1]
Consumption can be fatal to infants and children. Pennyroyal essential oil should never be taken internally because it is highly toxic; even in small doses, consumption of the oil can result in death. Poisoning fatalities have been reported after repeated application of the essential oil as an abortifacient.
Mentha pulegium, commonly (European) pennyroyal, or pennyrile, also called mosquito plant [2] and pudding grass, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. [4] Crushed pennyroyal leaves emit a very strong fragrance similar to spearmint.
Mentha pulegium: pennyroyal, pennyrile Lamiaceae: It is toxic to humans and has differing effects dependent on the volume and concentration ingested. The most concentrated and toxic form of the pennyroyal plant is pennyroyal oil. The oil contains 80% to 92% of cyclohexanone pulegone.
Mentha micrantha is a small annual plant, growing erect, branched, square-shaped stems measuring from 12 to 30 centimeters high. Its leaves are almost entire , oblong or ovate in shape. It flowers in verticillasters 7 to 12 millimeters in length, producing bi-labiate corollas , pink, rose-lilac or purple in color.
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The name pulegioides is derived from the Latin pulegium, and means "like pennyroyal", in reference to European pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium). [8] The name pulegium was given to European pennyroyal by Pliny the Elder in the first century CE, for its use in repelling fleas (pulex, plural pulices) when it was spread on floors.