...Holmes ; Nat. Ord. Labiata} [USP]). " Colorless, acicular or prismatic crystals, having a strong and pun odor of peppermint, and a warm, aromatic taste, followed...is only slightly soluble in water, but imparts to tbe latter its odor and taste. It is freely soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform, carbon disulphide,...

...official Oil of Peppermint or from Japanese or Chinese Oil of Peppermint. Description and Properties. — Colorless, acicular or prismatic crystals, having...taste, followed by a sensation of cold when air is inhaled. Menthol is but slightly soluble in water, but imparts to the latter its odor and taste. It...

...canadensis) ; by deposit therefrom on exposure to cold. It occurs in colorless, acicular crystals, of the odor of pepper'mint, and a warm, aromatic taste, followed...sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth. Soluble only slightly in water, freely in alcohol, ether, chloroform, carbon disulphide or glacial...

...flowering. The oil (G 0.91) has "the characteristic odor of peppermint; a strongly aromatic, pungent taste, followed by a sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth." 9. The small evergreen shrub, rising at intervals from the creeping root of Gaultheria procumbens yields,...

...peppermint (from Mentha arvensis" "and Mentha canadensis," Nat. Ord. Labiatae). It occurs in the form of colorless, acicular or prismatic crystals, having...sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth, and being only slightly soluble in water, but freely so in alcohol, ether, and chloroform. Menthol...

...distillation of the volatile oil and freezing the higher boiling product, and crystallization. CHARACTERS. — Colorless, acicular or prismatic crystals, having...by a sensation of cold, when air is drawn into the raouth. Solubility. — Slightly soluble in water, but imparts to the latter its odor and taste. It...

...pipcrancens, Holmes, and Mentha Cunadcnsis, Linnc, var. ylnbratd, Holmes ; Nat. Ord. Labiatae [USP]). " Colorless, acicular or prismatic crystals, having...and taste. It is freely soluble in alcohol, ether, chloro• form, carbon disulphide, or glacial acetic acid. When triturated with about an equal weight...

...distillate congeals at — 4.4° C. (24° F.). Description.— The USP describes menthol as forming "colorless, acicular or prismatic crystals, having...It is freely soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform, carbon disulphide, or glacial acetic acid. It melts at 43° C. (109.4° F.) to a colorless liquid,...

...canadensis) ; by deposit therefrom on exposure to cold. It occurs in colorless, acicular crystals, of the odor of peppermint, and a warm, aromatic taste, followed...sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth. Soluble only slightly in water, freely in alcohol, ether, chloroform, carbon disulphide or glacial...

...piperascens, Holmes, and Mentha Canadensis, Linne, var. glabrata, Holmes ; Nat. Ord. LabiatcB [USP]). " Colorless, acicular or prismatic crystals, having...It is freely soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform, carbon disulphide, or glacial acetic acid. When triturated with about an equal weight of camphor, thymol,...