| Description | Colorless hexagonal, needle like shiny crystals having pleasant peppermint like odor. |
| Solubility | Slightly soluble in water, very soluble in Alcohol, Chloroform, Ether, Light Petroleum & Hexane. Freely soluble in fatty oils, liquid paraffin & Glacial acetic acid. |
| Identification | Conform to the standard norms |
| Melting Point | About 43º C |
| Specific rotation | -49º to -51º |
| Non volatile matter | Not more than 0.05% |
| Chromatographic Purity | Not less than 99% |
| Packing | 25 Kg net packing in paper fiber drum |
