pulegone
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Epidemiology
- constituent of oil extracts prepared from mint plants, including peppermint, spearmint & pennyroyal
Comparative biology
- carcinogen causing hepatic carcinoma, pulmonary metaplasia, & other neoplasms with oral administration in rodents
Notes
- In 2018, the FDA banned synthetic pulegone as a food additive
- found in mint- & menthol-flavored electronic cigarettes[2]
More general terms
References
- ↑ PubChem: 6988
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jabba SV, Jordt SE Risk Analysis for the Carcinogen Pulegone in Mint- and Menthol- Flavored e-Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco Products. JAMA Intern Med. Published online September 16, 2019. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31524930 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2751245