- slug
- calamint-lesser
- color
- Pale yellow to colorless clear-mobile-liquid
- hazards
- ["may-be-abortifacient","hepatotoxicity-pulegone-class-metabolized-to-epoxides-glutathione-depletion-CYP-destruction"]
- name_en
- Calamint, Lesser
- name_vn
- Tinh dầu calamint nhỏ / Tinh dầu nepitella
- chemotype
- pulegone-glandulosa
- cas_number
- 8014-69-5
- phototoxic
- false
- plant_part
- Aerial parts
- availability
- limited-Italian-Mediterranean-source
- data_quality
- complete
- entry_number
- 841
- plant_family
- Lamiaceae
- cap_derivation
- ty_pulegone_1_5pct_via_76_1pct_pulegone_x_1_2pct_dermal_limit_primary_binding_hepatotoxic
- latin_binomial
- Calamintha nepeta L. subsp. glandulosa (Req.) Boiss.
- oxidation_risk
- moderate
- origin_countries
- Italy; Mediterranean; Europe
- cultural_heritage
- Italian-Tuscan-Mediterranean-classical-nepitella traditional culinary-herb 2000+ years documented use mushroom + meat + tomato + game-fowl dishes + classical European pharmacopoeia Dioscorides + Pliny + Galen + medieval herbal-tradition + Italian-fine-fragrance niche + food-flavoring-industry primary commercial use (Council of Europe TDI 0.1 mg/kg pulegone + UK/EC food-flavoring 25 mg/kg regulatory rail); B216-EXPLICIT-AVOIDANCE-recommendation aromatherapy use case
- drug_interactions
- ["class-extrapolated-hepatic-metabolism-altering-medications","class-extrapolated-glutathione-depleting-agents"]
- extraction_method
- Steam distillation
- shelf_life_months
- 21
- max_dilution_adult
- 1.5
- common_adulteration
- cross-genus-Mentha substitution (peppermint + cornmint pulegone-trace-only NOT-extreme) + cross-Calamintha-subspecies substitution (subsp. nepeta vs subsp. glandulosa) + synthetic-pulegone adulteration; chemotaxonomic-authentication-marker rail (1R)-(+)-β-pulegone 17.6-76.1% + menthone 7.0-55.8% combined signature; GC-MS MANDATORY due to 4-CT mosaic + radical-chemistry-divergence across CTs
- contraindicated_all
- false
- max_oral_mg_per_day
- 0
- chemotaxonomic_class
- cyclic-monoterpene-ketone + Calamintha-Lamiaceae-pulegone-CT-class + multi-chemotype-mosaic-pulegone-CT-commercial-primary
- contraindicated_oral
- true
- dominant_constituent
- (1R)-(+)-β-Pulegone
- max_dilution_elderly
- 1.5
- secondary_constituent
- Menthone
- max_dilution_child_2_6
- 0.5
- max_dilution_sensitive
- 0.5
- freshness_visual_marker
- pale yellow to colorless clear-mobile; characteristic pulegone-pennyroyal-class aroma trained-aromatherapist-recognizable safety-warning-signature; minor oxidation accumulates piperitone-oxide-class + piperitenone-oxide-class during shelf-life
- max_dilution_child_6_12
- 1
- contraindicated_children
- false
- dominant_constituent_pct
- 76.1
- contraindicated_pregnancy
- true
- max_dilution_child_under2
- 0
- max_dilution_breastfeeding
- 0
- max_dilution_pregnancy_1st
- 0
- max_dilution_pregnancy_2nd
- 0
- max_dilution_pregnancy_3rd
- 0
- contraindicated_breastfeeding
- true