Analysis of the aroma components of spearmint essential oil by GC-TOFMS and AI structure analysis
Introduction
Spearmint is a plant in the genus Mentha of the Family Lamiaceae. It has long been known as one of the herbs with a sweet and refreshing aroma. Fresh leaves are often used in cooking, herbal teas, and desserts, and it is also widely used as a flavor for toothpaste and chewing gum. The aroma of spearmint has aromatherapy effect, making it a recommended aroma when you want to energize and refresh a tired body and mind, or when you want to clear your head.
In this MSTips, we introduce the results of analysis of the aroma components of spearmint essential oil by gas chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC-TOFMS). Since essential oils are natural materials extracted from flowers, leaves, and seeds of plants, they are expected to contain substances not registered in the NIST database. Therefore, we used JMS-T2000GC and msFineAnalysis AI, which are capable of AI structural analysis, for the analysis.