EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Mentha aquatica L.

Family:: Lamiaceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 396
Number of processed references:: 5

Compositions

#1: Menthofuran #2: 1,8-cineole #3: Myrcene #4: Menthofuran #5: 1,8-cineole #6: Beta-myrcene #7: Menthofuran in essential oil #8: 1,8-cineole in essential oil #9: Eugeenol in essential oil #10: Pulegone #11: 1,8-cineole #12: Menthone #13: 1,8-cineole in leaf essential oil #14: Menthofuran in leaf essential oil

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Sacco, Tommasco., Maffei, Massimo. Mentha aquatica var. hypeuria Briq., a selection particularly rich in menthofuran. developments in food science, 1988, p. 141–145. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Stem / stalk (as part-nature) (A067S)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

stem distillation
Substance:

menthofuran (RF-00003924-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

58.6
Internal remarks:

Menthofuran

Composition #2: Sacco, Tommasco., Maffei, Massimo. Mentha aquatica var. hypeuria Briq., a selection particularly rich in menthofuran. developments in food science, 1988, p. 141–145. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Stem / stalk (as part-nature) (A067S)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

stem distillation
Substance:

1,8-cineole (RF-00003470-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

5.95
Internal remarks:

1,8-cineole

Composition #3: Sacco, Tommasco., Maffei, Massimo. Mentha aquatica var. hypeuria Briq., a selection particularly rich in menthofuran. developments in food science, 1988, p. 141–145. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Stem / stalk (as part-nature) (A067S)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

stem distillatio
Substance:

myrcene (RF-00003503-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

1.66
Internal remarks:

Myrcene

Composition #4: Bozin, Biljana., Mimica-Dukic, Neda., Anackov, Goran., Zlatkovic, Bojan., Igic, Ruzica. Variability of content and composition of Mentha aquatica L. (Lamiaceae) essential oil in different phenophases. journal of essential oil-bearing plants, 2006, p. 223–229. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Aerial part of plants (as part-nature) (A166F)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

Hydrodistillation and n-hexane
Substance:

menthofuran (RF-00003924-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result expression:

Dry matter (B002A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

19-24.5
Internal remarks:

Menthofuran

Composition #5: Bozin, Biljana., Mimica-Dukic, Neda., Anackov, Goran., Zlatkovic, Bojan., Igic, Ruzica. Variability of content and composition of Mentha aquatica L. (Lamiaceae) essential oil in different phenophases. journal of essential oil-bearing plants, 2006, p. 223–229. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Aerial part of plants (as part-nature) (A166F)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

hydrodistillation and -hexane
Substance:

1,8-cineole (RF-00003470-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result expression:

Dry matter (B002A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

11.8-20.2
Internal remarks:

1,8-cineole

Composition #6: Bozin, Biljana., Mimica-Dukic, Neda., Anackov, Goran., Zlatkovic, Bojan., Igic, Ruzica. Variability of content and composition of Mentha aquatica L. (Lamiaceae) essential oil in different phenophases. journal of essential oil-bearing plants, 2006, p. 223–229. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Aerial part of plants (as part-nature) (A166F)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

Hydrodistillation and n-hexane
Substance:

myrcene (RF-00003503-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result expression:

Dry matter (B002A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

0.7-1.8
Internal remarks:

Beta-myrcene

Composition #7: Jerkovic, I., Mastelic, J. Composition of free and glycosidically bound volatiles of Mentha aquatica L. . croatica chemica acta, 2001, vol. 74, no. 2, p. 431–439. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Live plants (as part-nature) (A0BA0)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

hyrodistillation
Substance:

menthofuran (RF-00003924-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Milligram/kilogram (G061A)
Result expression:

Dry matter (B002A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

3978.08
Internal remarks:

Menthofuran in essential oil

Composition #8: Jerkovic, I., Mastelic, J. Composition of free and glycosidically bound volatiles of Mentha aquatica L. . croatica chemica acta, 2001, vol. 74, no. 2, p. 431–439. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Live plants (as part-nature) (A0BA0)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

hydrodistillation
Substance:

1,8-cineole (RF-00003470-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Milligram/kilogram (G061A)
Result expression:

Dry matter (B002A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

1716.44
Internal remarks:

1,8-cineole in essential oil

Composition #9: Jerkovic, I., Mastelic, J. Composition of free and glycosidically bound volatiles of Mentha aquatica L. . croatica chemica acta, 2001, vol. 74, no. 2, p. 431–439. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Live plants (as part-nature) (A0BA0)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

hydrodistillation
Substance:

Eugenol (RF-00003807-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Milligram/kilogram (G061A)
Result expression:

Dry matter (B002A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

18.81
Internal remarks:

Eugeenol in essential oil

Composition #10: Agostini, Fabiana., Atti dos Santos, Ana Cristina., Rossato, Marcelo., Pansera, Marcia Regina., dos Santos, Paula Luciana., Serafini, Luciana Atti., Molon, Rosangela., Moyna, Patrick. Essential Oil Yield and Composition of Lamiaceae Species Growing in Southern Brazil. BRAZILIAN ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY, 2009, vol. 52, no. 2, p. 473–478. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Leaves (as part-nature) (A0EKT)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

Hydrodistillation
Substance:

(+)-pulegone (RF-00003398-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Gaschromatography (GC) (F037A)
Analytical method - additional description:

GC, GC-MS
Result unit:

Percent Area (G139A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

14.39
Internal remarks:

Pulegone

Composition #11: Agostini, Fabiana., Atti dos Santos, Ana Cristina., Rossato, Marcelo., Pansera, Marcia Regina., dos Santos, Paula Luciana., Serafini, Luciana Atti., Molon, Rosangela., Moyna, Patrick. Essential Oil Yield and Composition of Lamiaceae Species Growing in Southern Brazil. BRAZILIAN ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY, 2009, vol. 52, no. 2, p. 473–478. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Leaves (as part-nature) (A0EKT)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

Hydrodistillation
Substance:

1,8-cineole (RF-00003470-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Gaschromatography (GC) (F037A)
Analytical method - additional description:

GC, GC-MS
Result unit:

Percent Area (G139A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

1.49
Internal remarks:

1,8-cineole

Composition #12: Agostini, Fabiana., Atti dos Santos, Ana Cristina., Rossato, Marcelo., Pansera, Marcia Regina., dos Santos, Paula Luciana., Serafini, Luciana Atti., Molon, Rosangela., Moyna, Patrick. Essential Oil Yield and Composition of Lamiaceae Species Growing in Southern Brazil. BRAZILIAN ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY, 2009, vol. 52, no. 2, p. 473–478. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Leaves (as part-nature) (A0EKT)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

Hydrodistillation
Substance:

menthone (RF-00011280-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Gaschromatography (GC) (F037A)
Analytical method - additional description:

GC, GC-MS
Result unit:

Percent Area (G139A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

77.76
Internal remarks:

Menthone

Composition #13: Baser, K. H. C., Kurkcuoglu, M., Demirci, B., Ozek, T., Tarimcilar, G. Essential oils of Mentha species from Marmara region of Turkey. JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH, 2012, vol. 24, no. 3, p. 265–272. DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2012.676775. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Leaves (as part-nature) (A0EKT)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

Hydrodistillation
Substance:

1,8-cineole (RF-00003470-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Gaschromatography (GC) (F037A)
Analytical method - additional description:

GC, GC-MS
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

5-27
Internal remarks:

1,8-cineole in leaf essential oil

Composition #14: Baser, K. H. C., Kurkcuoglu, M., Demirci, B., Ozek, T., Tarimcilar, G. Essential oils of Mentha species from Marmara region of Turkey. JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH, 2012, vol. 24, no. 3, p. 265–272. DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2012.676775. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Leaves (as part-nature) (A0EKT)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

Hydrodistillation
Substance:

menthofuran (RF-00003924-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Gaschromatography (GC) (F037A)
Analytical method - additional description:

GC, GC-MS
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

14-58
Internal remarks:

Menthofuran in leaf essential oil