 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
 | Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury - 1874 - 754 pages
...liquid, of sp. gr. varying from 0'84 to 0 92. It has a strong and agreeable odour, with a powerful aromatic taste, followed by a sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth. We find that the Mitcham oil examined by polarized light in a column 50 mm. long, deviates 14'2° to... | |
 | Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury - 1874 - 736 pages
...liquid, of sp. gr. varying from O'ï4t<. 0'92. It has a strong and agreeable odour, with a powerful aromatic taste, followed by a sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mor.L We find that the Mitcham oil examined by polarized light in a column 50 mm. long, deviates 14-2°... | |
 | Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury - 1879 - 838 pages
...dried, affords from 1 to 1*25 per cent, of oil. It has a strong and agreeable odour, Avith a powerful aromatic taste, followed by a sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth. We find that the Mitcham oil examined by polarized light in a column 50 mm. long, deviates from 14°-2... | |
 | Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury - 1879 - 836 pages
...dried, affords from 1 to 1/25 per cent, of oil. It has a strong aud agreeable odour, with a powerful aromatic taste, followed by a sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth. We find that the Mitcham oil examined by polarized light in a column 50 mm. long, deviates from U°"2... | |
 | Lucius Elmer Sayre - 1880 - 270 pages
...yellow or greenish liquid, sp. gr. 0.84 to 0.92. Strong, agreeable odor, increasing with age ; powerful, aromatic taste, followed by a sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth. The odor is due to Menthol (Peppermint Camphor). Chinese Oil of Peppermint consists of this. It is... | |
 | Robert Thaxter Edes - 1887 - 560 pages
...MENTH.E PIPERITJE.- Oil of Peppermint. (See Aromatics.) The strongly aromatic taste of this oil is followed by a sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth. Its most important constituent is menthol or mint camphor, which is found in a larger proportion in... | |
 | Sir George Watt - 1891 - 692 pages
...dried affords from i to 1-25 per cent, of oil. It has a strong and agreeable odour, with a powerful aromatic taste, followed by a sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth. We find that the Mitcham oil examined by polarised light in a column 50 mm. long, deviates from i40-2... | |
 | Samuel Philip Sadtler, Henry Trimble - 1894 - 968 pages
...most valuable constituent of the several varieties of peppermint oil. It " forms colorless, acicular crystals, having a strong and pure odor of peppermint,...sensation of cold, when air is drawn into the mouth. It melts at 43° C. to a colorless liquid, boils at 212°, and volatilizes slowly at the ordinary temperature.... | |
 | Joseph Price Remington - 1894 - 1464 pages
...(4i:t.6° F.), and volatilizes slowly at the ordinary temperature. Strong and pure odor of peppermint; warm, aromatic taste, followed by a sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth. Slightly soluble, imparting its odor and taste. Freely soluble. Freely soluble in ether, chloroform,... | |
 | Samuel Otway Lewis Potter - 1894 - 852 pages
...cold. It occurs in colorless, acicular crystals, of strong and pure odor of peppermint, and a »arm, aromatic taste, followed by a sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth. Soluble only slightly in water, freely in alcohol, ether, chloroform, carbon disulphide or glacial... | |
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