Essential Oil Composition from Aerial Parts of Mentha spicata L.

Uttarakhand has been declared 'Herbal State', but herbal wealth of this state could not be utilized properly due to lack of chemical characterization of most of the vegetational wealth. Mentha spicata L. (spearmint) was collected from naturally growing population of Uttarakhand (3800 ft). GC-MS analysis reveals details of 94.0 % of essential oil. Carvone was major part (57.1 %) whereas other components were limonene (10.1 %), cis-dihydrocarvone (3.2 %), dihydrocarveol (3.2 %).