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Steam distillation yield mint essential oil.
From the essential oil you have two options: Extraction, reduction, and purification. Or you can take the essential oil and perform a re-crystallization.
The first would be to take the distillant, dry it, and isolate your essential oil. Then perform an ethanol extraction on it several times to get most of the methanol out. Then NaOH washes to remove random impurities and alkaloids, then you want to dry it again (Na2SO4 would be ideal). Then you rotovap off your dried ethanol solvent. You should have crude methanol. Take this and perform a cold finger sublimation. Scrape your methanol crystals off the cold finger and bam, pure Methanol.
Or you can perform a re crystallization, but I'm not exactly sure what solvent you would use. so that would take more research, but I know it can be done.
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What is the plant source of Menthol?
Mint
Does the menthol in cigarettes come from the mint leaf?
Menthol is an organic compound made synthetically or obtained from peppermint or other mint oils.
Is it true that menthol presented in mint leaves has the power to treat various types of cancer especially prostate cancer?
No that is not correct. It does not treat cancer.
Is it ok to substitute mint extract instead of vanilla extract?
unless you want whatever you are baking to taste of mint, no. that is why it is called mint extract, because it is minty, but vanilla extract is vanilla tasting.
How can you use menthol in a sentence?
Kool Brand cigarettes have strong mint flavour because menthol is added to the carton before packaging.
Why does mint make your throat cold when you drink liquids?
's the menthol
What does menthol taste like?
Menthol taste like mint or a peppermint taste. it cools your throat but after a while they start to taste real gross
What makes mint chocolate chip ice cream minty?
Different flavors of ice cream are flavored in different ways. A natural mint chocolate chip ice cream might have mint leaves in it. Mint flavor might also come from mint extract or artificial mint flavors.
Why does mint taste cold?
The menthol in mints interacts with the molecule TRP-M8 ion channel on nerve cells that signals cool temperatures. Menthol is an essential oil produced by all plants of the mint family.
What are mint plants used for?
The leaves of the mint plant are used as an herb. It is used in many savory and sweet dishes and also used to flavor drinks. The leaves are processed to extract their oils and the mint oil is used to flavor sweets.
What can you substitute for creme de menthe?
Sugar, Water, grain alcohol or vodka, mint extract (or make your own by extracting the essence from fresh mint leaves in alcohol), sugar or corn syrup, and green food coloring--unless you want it natural, then use only the color extracted from the mint leaves.
What forms does peppermint come in?
You can have peppermint leaves, or you can extract the liqued from the leaves and have peppermint extract.
