Mint is a perennial plant of the Lamiaceae family, which with more than twenty five species (pennyroyal, spearmint, water mint), some of which are ground covers and do not exceed three centimetres (Corsican mint).
It likes a drained, fertile and cool soil. Its leaves are covered by rounded secretory hairs in which fragrant volatile substances accumulate.
Main aromatic molecules: Monoterpenols (menthol), monoterpenones (menthone), terpene esters, furan oxides.
Family: Lamiaceae.
Producing organs: Flowering aerial parts.
Yield: 800g to 1.2kg of essential oil per 100kg of plants.
Equivalence: 1ml → 32 drops (dosage calculated for a calibrated dropper European Pharmacopoeia).
