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A Multivariate Statistical Approach to Comparison of Essential Oil Composition from Three Mentha Species

  • Park, Kuen-Woo (Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Yi (Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Yong (Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
  • Kim, Jun-Hong (Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
  • Yang, Dong-Sik (Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation)
  • Received : 2011.06.21
  • Accepted : 2011.07.14
  • Published : 2011.08.30
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Abstract

The chemical composition of essential oils obtained from aerial parts in spearmint, apple mint and chocolate mint, was investigated by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analyses. (-)-Carvone (33.0%) was quantitatively major compound in spearmint, followed by R-(+)-limonene (11.7%) and ${\beta}$-phellandrene (9.7%); (-)-carvone (37.4%) and germacrene D (11.9%) in apple mint; and (-)-menthol (34.3%), p-menthone (18.4%) and menthofuran (9.8%) in chocolate mint. Hierarchical cluster analysis and principle components analysis showed the clear difference in chemical composition of the three mint oils.

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