“…Rosmarinic acid and sinapic acid, hesperidin, and o-coumaric acid are the most abundant phenolic components, and epicatechin, rutin, naringenin, and catechin are among the most common flavonoids found in Japanese mint and related species (Dhifi et al, 2013;Bahadori et al, 2018). The essential oil consists of primarily menthol which takes up >50% of the total composition followed by limonene and trans-dihydrocarvone and caryophyllene (Arjun et al, 2017). This being said, the increased level of the antioxidant may contribute to the accumulation of bioactive ingredients during the cellular defense system against ROS.…”