Category: flavor and fragrance agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
Assay: | 95.00 to 100.00 %
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Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
Boiling Point: | 215.38 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg (est)
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Vapor Pressure: | 0.032000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
Flash Point: | 200.00 °F. TCC ( 93.30 °C. ) (est)
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logP (o/w): | 3.216 (est) |
Soluble in: |
| water, 434.5 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
Organoleptic Properties:
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Odor Type: mentholic |
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| mentholic |
Odor Description: at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. | mentholic |
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Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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Cosmetic Information:
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Safety Information:
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Hazards identification |
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Classification of the substance or mixture |
GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS) |
None found. |
GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements |
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Pictogram | |
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Hazard statement(s) |
None found. |
Precautionary statement(s) |
None found. |
Oral/Parenteral Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Dermal Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Inhalation Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Other Information:
(IUPAC): | Atomic Weights of the Elements 2011 (pdf) |
Videos: | The Periodic Table of Videos |
tgsc: | Atomic Weights use for this web site |
(IUPAC): | Periodic Table of the Elements |
CHEBI: | View |
CHEMBL: | View |
KEGG (GenomeNet): | D04849 |
HMDB (The Human Metabolome Database): | HMDB41628 |
FooDB: | FDB021834 |
Typical G.C. |
VCF-Online: | VCF Volatile Compounds in Food |
ChemSpider: | View |
Formulations/Preparations: •some synthetic menthols are not chemical individuals but...mixtures of various isomers...these are designated...l-menthol, dl-menthol, l-isomenthol, d-isomenthol, dl-isomenthol, l-neomenthol, d-neomenthol, l-neoisomenthol, d-neoisomenthol and dl-neoisomenthol.
•when mixed with about equal wt of camphor, chloral hydrate, phenol, or thymol, menthol forms "eutectic" mixt liquifying @ room temp.
•menthol, usp drug marketed under generic name.
•grades: technical; usp; fcc
•synthetic menthol is available as the optically active levo-menthol with a purity of 99.9%. synthetic menthol is also commercially available as the racemic mixture
•present in cigarettes and pipe tobacco (0.1-0.45%) shaving creams, pre- and aftershave lotions (0.2-0.3%); toothpastes (0.5%); mouthwashes (1-2%); chewing gums (0.5%); cough drops (0.1%); refreshing towels (1%); rubbing alcohol (1-1.2%); and shampoos (2-0.5%)
•mentholatum deep heating rub contains 5.9% menthol; mentholatum ointment, 1.35%; mentholatum deep heating lotion, 6%
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Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-, (1R,2R,5R)- | (±)-neoiso | menthol | 5- | methyl-2-propan-2-ylcyclohexan-1-ol |
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