Author : Brian M. Lawrence
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 2006-12-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 0849307988
Book Description
For thousands of years mint has enjoyed an honored place in pharmacopoeias and kitchen cupboards in India, China, Europe, North America, and elsewhere. Today the amount of essential oils produced from the four major mint species (cornmint, peppermint, Native spearmint, and Scotch spearmint) exceeds 23,000 metric tonnes annually with a market value