menthone
English
Noun
menthone (countable and uncountable, plural menthones)
- (organic chemistry) A minty-flavoured monoterpenoid ketone that is used in perfumery, cosmetics and flavouring.
- Menthone occurs naturally in a number of essential oils and exists as four possible stereoisomers.
- 1894, Edward Kremers, Leo C. Urban, Hydrocymenes and Derivatives, Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Volume 42, American Pharmaceutical Association, page 261,
- Upon oxidation, menthol yields the ketone menthone.
- 2015, Alan R. Hirsch (editor), Nutrition and Sensation, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 277,
- The steady decline in salivary sucrose concentration in contrast with a rise in menthone concentration is air in the mouth that goes into the nose up the back of the throat.
- 2016, Johannes Panten, Horst Surburg, Common Fragrance and Flavor Materials, Wiley-VCH, page 67,
- Physical constants of industrially important menthone isomers are listed in Table 2.1.
- The menthones are converted into the corresponding menthols by means of hydrogenation; for example, (−)-menthone yields (+)-neomenthol and (−)-menthol.
Derived terms
- isomenthone
Translations
minty-flavoured monoterpenoid ketone
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