chapter 1 Mentha: An Overview of Its Classification and Relationships -- chapter 2 Anatomy, Physiology, Biosynthesis, Molecular Biology, Tissue Culture, and Biotechnology of Mint Essential Oil Production -- chapter 3 Commercial Mint Species Grown in the United States -- chapter 4 The Cultivation of Mints in India -- chapter 5 Production of Mints and Mint Oil in China -- chapter 6 The Distillation of Mint Oils: History, Current Theory, and Practice -- chapter 7 The Composition of Commercially Important Mints -- chapter Appendix: Structures of Some Important Constituents of Mint Oils -- chapter 8 Oil Composition of Other Mentha Species and Hybrids -- chapter 9 North American Mint Oil Industry: The Production and Quality Control of Mint and Its Commercially Important Isolates -- chapter 10 Natural and Synthetic Menthol -- chapter 11 The Genuineness of Mint Oils -- chapter 12 Biological and Toxicological Properties of Mint Oils and Their Major Isolates: Safety Assessment -- chapter 13 Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils and Constituents of Mentha Species -- chapter 14 Mentha: Economic Uses.