 Menthol occurs as colorless, acicular or prismatic crystals, having a strong and pure odor of peppermint and a warm, aromatic taste, followed by a sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth.  A Compend of Pharmacy - Page 112by Frank Edward Stewart - 1903 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lucius Elmer Sayre, William Chase Stevens - 1905 - 708 pages
...arvensis Linn£, variety piperasceus Holmes, and Mentha canadensis Linn£, variety glabrata Holmes). Colorless, acicular or prismatic crystals, having...sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth. Dose: 0.06 Gm. (1 gr.). 416. MENTHA VIRIDIS.— SPEARMINT. Ger. ROMISCHEMINZE. The dried leaves and... | |
 | Lucius Elmer Sayre - 1905 - 710 pages
...an-ensis Linne", variety piperasceus Holmes, and Mentha canatlcnsis Linne", variety glabrala Holmes). Colorless, acicular or prismatic crystals, having...sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth. Dose: 0.06 Gm. (i gr.). 416. MENTHA VIRIDIS.— SPEARMINT. Ger. ROMISCHEMINZE. The dried leaves and... | |
 | Reynold Webb Wilcox - 1905 - 644 pages
...distillation of the volatile oil and free2ing the higher boiling product, and crystalli2ation. CHARACTERS. — Colorless, acicular or prismatic crystals, having...sensation of cold, when air is drawn into the mouth. Solubility. — Slightly soluble in water, but imparts to the latter its odor and taste. It is freely... | |
 | Kenelm Winslow - 1905 - 900 pages
...fractional distillation ; freezing of the higher boiling point product, and crystallization. Properties. — Colorless, acicular or prismatic crystals, having...followed by a sensation of cold when air is drawn in the mouth. Slightly soluble in water; freely soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform, carbon disulphide... | |
 | Bernard Fantus - 1905 - 428 pages
...alcohol obtained from peppermint. Colorless acicular or prismatic crystal, of strong peppermint odor, and a warm, aromatic taste, followed by a sensation of cold, when air is drawn into the mouth. Sol. — Slightly soluble in water, imparting to it its odor and taste; freely soluble in alcohol,... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Plant Industry - 1905 - 760 pages
...colorless liquid, having the characteristic strong odor of peppermint and a strongly aromatic pungent taste, followed by a sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth." It is largely used in medicine, internally as a stimulant and carminative, and externally to relieve... | |
 | Samuel Otway Lewis Potter - 1906 - 946 pages
...deposit therefrom on exposure to cold. It occurs in colorless, acicular crystals, of peppermint odor, and a warm, aromatic taste, followed by a sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth. Soluble only slightly in water, freely in alcohol, ether, or chloroform. Dose, gr. ss-iij [av. gr.j... | |
 | 1907 - 844 pages
...Linn6, or other peppermint oils. Menthol should be kept in well-stoppered bottles, in a cool place. Colorless, acicular or prismatic crystals having a...and taste. It is freely soluble in alcohol, ether, and chloroform. It melts at 43° C. (109.4° F.) to a colorless liquid, boils at 212° C. (413.6°... | |
 | Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain - 1907 - 1456 pages
...to the hexagonal system, more or less moist from adhering oil ; brittle, and having a strong odour of peppermint, and a warm aromatic taste followed by a sensation of cold on drawing air into the mouth. Almost insoluble in water and in glycerin ; soluble in alcohol (5 in... | |
 | Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain - 1923 - 1696 pages
...to the hexagonal system, more or less moist from adhering oil ; brittle, and having a strong odour of peppermint, and a warm aromatic taste followed by a sensation of cold on drawing air into the mouth. Melting-point, 42° to 43°, at which temperature it is a colourless... | |
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