natural menthol is oil obtained by the relatively simple process of steam distillation belong to the chemical class of plant product variably returned to as essential, volatile or ethereal oils, whose chemical composition consists almost entirely of hydrocarbon and oxygenated compounds known as terpenoids the chemical components of peppermint oil are menthol, neo-menthol, iso-menthol, menthone, 1,8-cineole, methyl acetate, methofuran, isomenthone, limonene, octinol, cis-3-hexanol, b-pinene, a-pinene, germacrene-d, trans-sabinene hydrate and pulegone.

natural menthol is oil obtained by the relatively simple process of steam distillation belong to the chemical class of plant product variably returned to as essential, volatile or ethereal oils, whose chemical composition consists almost entirely of hydrocarbon and oxygenated compounds known as terpenoids the chemical components of peppermint oil are menthol, neo-menthol, iso-menthol, menthone, 1,8-cineole, methyl acetate, methofuran, isomenthone, limonene, octinol, cis-3-hexanol, b-pinene, a-pinene, germacrene-d, trans-sabinene hydrate and pulegone.