Mentha oil


Entry
D06461            Crude     Drug                                   
Name
Mentha oil (JP18);
Mentha oil (TN)
Component
l-Menthol [CPD:C00400], (-)-Menthyl acetate [CPD:C09870], l-Menthone [CPD:C00843], 1,8-cineole [CPD:C09844], beta-caryophyllene [CPD:C09629], Isomenthone [CPD:C11952], Germacrene-D [CPD:C16142], Piperitone [CPD:C09885], Pulegone [CPD:C09893], alpha-Pinene [CPD:C09880], d-Limonene [CPD:C06078]
Source
Mentha arvensis [TAX:292239]
Remark
Therapeutic category: 7149
Product: D06461<JP>
Product (mixture): D10746<JP>
Efficacy
Pharmaceutic aid (flavor)
Comment
Lamiaceae (mint family) Mentha arvensis aerial part oil
Major component: l-Menthol [CPD:C00400]
Brite
Therapeutic category of drugs in Japan [BR:br08301]
 7  Agents not mainly for therapeutic purpose
  71  Dispensing medicines
   714  Flavorings, deodorants, coloring agents
    7149  Others
     D06461  Mentha oil (JP18)
Classification of Japanese OTC drugs [BR:br08313]
 Agents for integumentary system
  57 Analgesic, antipruritic, astringent, and anti-inflammatory remedies (incl. gel patches)
   D06461  Mentha oil (JP18)
Risk category of Japanese OTC drugs [BR:br08312]
 Third-class OTC drugs
  Crude drugs
   Mentha oil
    D06461  Mentha oil (JP18)
Crude drugs [BR:br08305]
 Dicot plants: asterids
  Lamiaceae (mint family)
   D06461  Mentha oil
Animal drugs in Japan [BR:br08331]
 95  Agents for external use
  957  Repellants
   9579  Other repellants
    D06461  Mentha oil
 99  Agents for not mainly purpose of therapeutic
  993  Insecticides and insect-repellents
   9939  Other insecticides and insect repellents
    D06461  Mentha oil
Drugs listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia [BR:br08311]
 Crude drugs
  D06461  Mentha oil
Other DBs
CAS: 68917-18-0
PubChem: 47208117