# ISO 3033:1988 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 3033:1988, item title is Oil of spearmint (Mentha spicata Linnaeus); status code is 9599; successor is ISO/CD 3033 | ISO 3033-2:2005 | ISO 3033-3:2005 | ISO 3033-4:2005 | ISO 3033-1:2005; withdrawn / published date is 1988-07-07, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 3033:1988 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Oil of spearmint (Mentha spicata Linnaeus) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO/CD 3033 | ISO 3033-2:2005 | ISO 3033-3:2005 | ISO 3033-4:2005 | ISO 3033-1:2005 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 1988-07-07 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 8119,IS,,ISO 3033:1988,Oil of spearmint (Mentha spicata Linnaeus),Huile essentielle de menthe verte ou de menthe crépue (Mentha spicata Linnaeus),1988-07-07,2,['71.100.60'],ISO/TC 54,9599,[8118],"[28606,34581,34582,34583,34580]","['en','fr']",4,"
The Standard specifies the following characteristics of the oil. Appearance: Clear, mobile liquid. Colour: Almost colourless to pale greenish-yellow. Odour and flavour: Fresh and recalling the odour of the leaf. Relative density at 20/20 °C: 0,920 - 0,937. Refractive index at 20 °C: 1,4850 - 1,4910. Optical rotation at 20 °C: - 60 to - 45 . Miscibility in 80 % (V/V) ethanol at 20 °C: 1: 1. Carbonyl value: Minimum 200. Chromatographic profile: Typi ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).