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Noun Concept
Categories: All articles lacking reliable references, Articles with short description, Cooling flavors, GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators, Analgesics
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menthol  L-menthol  (-)-(1R,3R,4S)-menthol  (1R,3R,4S)-(-)-menthol  (1R-(1-alpha,2-beta,5-alpha))-5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexanol
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A crystalline compound that has the cool and minty taste and odor that occurs naturally in peppermint oil; used as a flavoring and in medicine to relieve itching, pain, and nasal congestion WordNet 3.0
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A crystalline compound that has the cool and minty taste and odor that occurs naturally in peppermint oil; used as a flavoring and in medicine to relieve itching, pain, and nasal congestion WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Menthol is an organic compound, more specifically a monoterpenoid, made synthetically or obtained from the oils of corn mint, peppermint, or other mints. Wikipedia
A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes. Wiktionary
Cyclic monoterpene alcohol. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
compound
medicine
HAS PART
carbon
PART OF
menthol
mentholated salve
peppermint oil
Vicks VapoRub
Em-eukal
CONNECTS WITH
Lloyd Hughes
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
DIFFERENT FROM
methanol
FOUND IN TAXON
corn mint
Stigmatella aurantiaca
MEDICAL CONDITION TREATED
skin disease
pain
SUBJECT HAS ROLE
antipruritic
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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menthol
Wikipedia
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menthol
Wikidata
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L-menthol
Wiktionary
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menthol
Wikipedia Redirections
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(+)-menthol, (-)-menthol, 3-p-menthanol, Camphor of peppermint, Hexahydrothymol, levomenthol, mentholated, Menthomenthol, menthyl, Menthylic alcohol, neomenthol, Peppermint camphor, Racementhol
Wikidata Alias
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1-Menthol, 2-Isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-propan-2-ylcyclohexan-1-ol, l-menthol, L-menthol, levomenthol, Levomenthol, Levomentholum, Levomentol, Menthacamphor, menthol, Menthomenthol, p-Menthan-3-ol, Peppermint camphor, U.S.p. Menthol, (-)-(1R,3R,4S)-menthol, (-)-(1R,3R,4S)-Menthol, (-)-Menthyl alcohol, (-)-trans-p-Menthan-cis-ol, (1alpha,2beta,5alpha)-5-Methyl-2(1-methylethyl)cyclohexanol, (1R)-(-)-Menthol, (1R,2S,5R)-(-)-menthol, (1R,3R,4S)-(-)-menthol, (1R,3R,4S)-(-)-Menthol, (1R-(1-alpha,2-beta,5-alpha))-5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexanol, (1R-(1-alpha,2-beta,5-alpha))-5-Methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexanol, (R)-(-)-Menthol, (r)-(-)-menthol, 5-Methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexanol, D-(-)-Menthol, L-(-)-Menthol, L-(-)-menthol

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