The Use opf Silver Colloids for the Analysis of Mentha

摘要

Members of the genus Mentha (Lamiaceae), most commonly referred toas mints, are one of the most well known essential oil producing plants. The fragrant oils of these species mormally contain complex mixtures of monoterpenes, scuh as carvone, mentol or menthone, with lower amounts of sesquiterpenes. These compounds are produced and accumulated in highly specialized structures the glandular trichomes (Fig 1). The secreted monoterpenes are stored in the subcuticular space outside the sectretory cells~(1).