phytochemical study and biological evaluation of green mint

Abstract

This work is a bibliographical synthesis gathering the results of some studies carried out on the phytochemical study and the biological evaluation of spearmint.Several studies have shown that green mint is rich in secondary metabolism compounds that are filled with polyphenols, terpenes and also essential oil. The spearmint essential oil is mainly made up of carvone and limonene.studies have shown that the effectiveness of green mint lies in the Carvone, where it has several biological activities such as Antibacterial, Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant activities In the second part, it is clear that mint cultivation and the extraction of its essential oil can be used to revive the economic aspect, which is because of the abundance of vast arable areas in the state of Ouargla, the perspective of spearmint use will change from mint used to prepare tea to mint, creating economic wealth.