| ≥1 piece |
Original Brand Natural Menthol Plant Extracting
Introduction:
Menthol crystals are cooling, refreshing, and have a pleasantly strong minty aroma. They are often used in cosmetics, salves, balms, medicated creams, throat lozenges, toothpaste, mouthwash, gum, foot sprays, pain relief or cooling body products, shampoos, conditioners, liniments, shaving creams, oral or throat sprays, compresses, medicated oils, and cooling gels. Menthol crystals are excellent for use in these products to help relieve muscular aches and pains, coughing, congestion, the flu, and upper respiratory problems. Since Menthol crystals are so concentrated, only a very small amount is needed within products. When purchasing Menthol crystals remember that a good quality menthol crystal usually contains not less than 99.4% menthol.
Application:
-Applied in food field, often used as additives, with distinct fragrance smell, menthol can promote digestion and increase appetite;
-Applied in daily necessities field, menthol can be added into a large amount of oral cleaning products, such as dentifrices, mouthwash and tooth powder;
-Applied in pharmaceutical field, because menthol has the function of inhibition and paralysis to sensory nerve endings, it can be used as counter irritant.
Specification:
| Item | Standard | Results |
| Color | Colorless clear strips or crystals | conforms |
| odor | Pleasant menthol odor | conforms |
| Residue on evaporation (%) | ≤0.05 | 0.02 |
| Melting point (℃) | 41.5~44.0 | 41.6~42.6 |
| Solubility in ethanol (25Deg c) | 1g sample completely soluble into 5ml 90% ethanol | conforms |
| Specific rotation (25Deg c) | -50~-49 | -49.70 |
| Heavy metal (pb) (mg/kg) | ≤10 | <10 |
| Arsenic(As) (mg/kg) | ≤3 | <3 |