has anyone ever made an E-juice with mint leaves?

[Flapsy]

i have peppermint and spearmint bushes at home and want to try making an e liquid from them, i have the pg and vg and was wondering if anyone had ever successfuly done this and how they did it, also are there any health concerns? or issues i'll have to overcome?

cheers

 

[Flapsy]

also, is there a list of extracts/oils that are "ok" to use in a homemade vape?

cheers

 

[bacc.vap]

Hello and welcome. Sorry can't answer your question, but if you don't get an answer here you can ask in DIY E-Liquid
once you get your 5 posts in. It's somewhat of a specific question about DIY liquid making.

 

[danny4x4]

I don't know how safe it is, but I've tried steeping mint leaves in pg before. You do get a very slight minty flavour, BUT the "greenish" taste of vege/leaves/cut grass seems to more pronounced. Not my cup of tea. The longer you steep, the less the mint flavour and the stronger the "greenish" flavour. If you crush the leaves, the green flavour is even stronger.

Again, I want to stress that I DO NOT know if it is safe to vape or not. I only tried a tank or two of it.

 

[Sarin]

Hmmmmmm, the extraction of the "peppermint" would involve producing an oil which would include many compounds including menthofuran which is highly toxic and can metabolise to other intermediates that can damage the liver. The spearmint flavourings that you are used to (spearmint gum) are made from the R-enantiomer of carvone, as it happens the S-enantiomer tastes and smells of caraway seeds but to the untrained eye the compounds look identical. I knew that hard as nails chemistry degree would come in handy one day Verdict: spin the wheel and play the game.

***UPDATE***

NO, NO, NO, after a bit more investigation:

http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=6850741

 

[DirtyJon]

There is a thread in DIY about this but wasn't much there on it yet last week so not sure but check in DIY for more info. I'm sure there are many people that can assist and or no how to do it correctly an safely

 

[Flapsy]

so to paraphrase, dont do it with the oil? and just soaking crushed leaves in pg wont produce a strong enough fluid?

thanks guys

 

[Sarin]

Just to clarify:

Yes you can after chemical extraction using solvents and organic chemical manipulation - better just to buy peppermint flavouring.

No as it is due to the risk of other chemical compounds both in the leaves and on them.

 

[Sarin]

so to paraphrase, dont do it with the oil? and just soaking crushed leaves in pg wont produce a strong enough fluid?

thanks guys

That is correct.