A Comparison of Volatile Components Across Native Australian Mentha (Lamiaceae)

Plants 2026 Open access

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Authors: Trevor Craig Wilson, Paul Irwin Forster, Daniel Duval, Joseph John Brophy
DOI: 10.3390/plants15050778
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Abstract

Mentha are historically important regarding their volatile oils. Since limited accounts exist for Australian species, we document the variation in volatiles across all Australian Mentha species, using the GC/MS of pentane extractions from leaf samples of replicate populations for all known species. Oil yields were consistently poor (

Fields of Study & Subjects

Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis Plant chemical constituents analysis

Publication details

Journal / source
Plants
Volume
15
Issue
5
Pages
778–778
Publication date
3 March 2026
Language
EN