Au fost studiate 14 ecotipuri şi hemorase de mentă, colectate din diferite regiuni ale Moldovei. Populaţiile studiate
diferă atât prin ponderea de ulei eteric, cât şi prin setul de terpenoizi ce-l sintetizează. Au fost evidenţiate forme de
mentă ce pot servi ca surse de substanţe biologic active – mentol, linalool, carvonă, cetooxizi ş.a.
In our investigations of genus Mentha we have analyzed the essential oils of 14widely growing population of mint
collected in some regions of Moldova. The essential oils showed the different chemical composition and some mints of
Moldova are of interest because synthesize very important
biologically active substances, such as linalool, linalilacetat,
carvon, mentol, piperitenon oxid etc.
