Australian Approved Name (AAN): Pennyroyal oil
Common names and synonyms: Mentha pulegium herb oil essential
Mandatory components: D-Pulegone/Pulegone
Maximum daily dose: 50mg (when for use other than topical)
Warnings and Restrictions: The concentration of D Pulegone/Pulegone in the medicine must be no more than 4%. Permitted for use only in combination with other permitted ingredients as a flavour or a fragrance.
If used in a flavour the total flavour concentration in the medicine must be no more than 5%. If used in a fragrance the total fragrance concentration in the medicine must be no more than 1%.
Allowable purpose of the ingredient: Excipient
TGA reference: Food Chemicals Codex__issued by the American National Academy of Sciences