Menthofuran is one metabolite of this substance?
Pennyroyal oil. The active chemical in pennyroyal oil is pulegone which undergoes bioactivation to menthofurane as well as other reactive intermediates. Pulegone and menthofuran deplete cellular glutathione levels and cause centrilobular necrosis.
Woolf A. Essential Oil Poisoning. Clin Tox 1999; 37(6): 721-727.
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