Biological and toxicological properties of mint oils and their major isolates: Safety assessment

Mint: The Genus Mentha

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 421-496

  Hayes, Johnnie R ^a   Stavanja, Mari S ^b   Lawrence, Brian M ^c  

^a Bowman Gray Technical Center ^*  (United States)

^b R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY   (United States)

^c Journal of Essential Oil Research   (United States)

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