Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
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Department of Food Science and Technology, Ethiopia Institute of Agriculture Research, Wondo Genet Agriculture Research Center, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Physical Characteristics of the Essential Oil Extracted from Released and Improved Spearmint Varieties, Peppermint and Japanese Mint
  Author(s): Beriso Mieso and Abdela Befa*
  
  The mint species namely spearmint, peppermint and Japanese mint which belong to the genus mentha, the family Lamiaceaeare the most aromatic and medicinal plants those Wondo genet Agricultural research center is working on their different research activities and releasing different varieties. The essential oils were extracted using the hydrodistillation method. This study investigated the analysis of physical characteristics of spearmint varieties, peppermint and Japanese mint essential oils. The analyzed physical properties were Essential Oil Content (EOC), specific gravity (relative density) and refractive index. The three released spearmint varieties namely Liyu, WGSM03 and WGSPM Fran (java) have equal essential oil content and relative density with value 0.8% and 0.9210 respectively. WGSPM fran (java) has highest refractive index with the value 1.489 ± 0.002. The value of th.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0412.20.9.355

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