Mentha ×piperita (leaf)

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Contents

Nomenclature

Mentha x piperita L.   Lamiaceae  
Standardized common name (English): peppermint

Botanical Voucher Specimen

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Mentha x piperita Tropicos 100007394 (S).jpg
Source: MOBOT, Tropicos.org[1]

Mentha piperita - Botanical Liasons.jpg
Source: Trish Flaster, MSc, Botanical Liaisons, LLC[2]
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Mentha x piperita OD00509MMB1 A0199.jpg
Source: Botanical Voucher Specimen Library, Alkemists Laboratories[3]

Mentha x piperita OD22708BSI1 A0200.jpg
Source: Botanical Voucher Specimen Library, Alkemists Laboratories[4]

Mentha x piperita OD32605BMX1 A0201.jpg
Source: Botanical Voucher Specimen Library, Alkemists Laboratories[5]

Organoleptic Characteristics

Macroscopic Characteristics

Microscopic Characteristics

Peppermint (leaf) (Mentha piperita) L., Labiatae.Leaves with stomata above and below, few above; vertical walls thin, wavy. Large, long, rather thick-walled, three to seven celled simple trichromes with short linear to warty cuticular thickenings. Large bladdery glandular trichromes with six to eight secreting cells. Small secreting trichromes with a single terminal secreting cell. Besides this there is present stem tissue, as epidermis, collenchyma, parenchyma, tracheids and ducts.

Source: Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed. [6]
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High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification

Supplementary Information

Sources

  1. ↑ MOBOT, Tropicos.org http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100007394
  2. ↑ Trish Flaster, MSc, Botanical Liaisons, LLC http://www.BotanicalLiaisons.com
  3. ↑ Botanical Voucher Specimen Library, Alkemists Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
  4. ↑ Botanical Voucher Specimen Library, Alkemists Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
  5. ↑ Botanical Voucher Specimen Library, Alkemists Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
  6. ↑ Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.
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