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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ESSENTIAL OIL FROM TWO SPECIES OF MINT GROWN IN ORĂŞTIE

RADU IOAN MOLDOVAN1,2*, RADU OPREAN2

1.SC Laboratoarele Fares Bio Vital SRL, Research Department, Orăştie, Romania
2.“Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Fares Orăştie Company grows medicinal plants for processing and marketing as food supplements. Mint species represent a significant share of the herbs crops. The purpose of this research is to analyze comparatively essential oil derived from 2 species of mint grown experimentally in Orăştie: Mentha suaveolens Ehrh. and Mentha x rotundifolia (L.) Huds. The essential mint oil from the 2 species was obtained by water steam distillation from the aerial parts of the plant. After obtaining the essential oil, it was analyzed by using gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection (GC-MSD).