Essential oil of two chemotypes of Mentha suaveolens during ontogenesis

Summary
Publication Type
Journal Article
DOI
Publication Year
1976
Series Name
Phytochemistry
Publisher
Issue
7
Volume
15
Page Numbers
1127-1130
Citation
Hendriks H, Van Os FH. Essential oil of two chemotypes of Mentha suaveolens during ontogenesis, Phytochemistry. 1976 Jan 1;15(7):1127-30.
The composition of the main constituents of the essential oil of two different chemotypes of Mentha suaveolens has been investigated during development. In the first chemotype (6) a definite increase of 1,2-epoxymen-thylacetate was observed, but piperitone oxide was always the main constituent. In the second chemotype (12) an increase of neo- and dihydrocarveol and their corresponding acetates was observed and dihydrocarvone was the main constituent. The results have been used to formulate a new biosynthetic scheme for the cyclic oxygenated monoterpenes found in essential oils of the genus Mentha.
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