Menthol

Heng MC. Local necrosis and interstitial nephritis due to topical methyl salicylate and menthol. Cutis. 1987 May;39(5):442-4.

Garten S, Falkner RV. Continual smoking of mentholated cigarettes may mask the early warning symptoms of respiratory disease. Prev Med. 2003 Oct;37(4):291-6. Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.

Wasner G, Schattschneider J, Binder A, Baron R. Topical menthol--a human model for cold pain by activation and sensitization of C nociceptors. Brain. 2004 May;127(Pt 5):1159-71. Epub 2004 Feb 25. Klinik fur Neurologie, Universitatsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Niemannsweg 147, D-24105 Kiel, Germany.

Galeotti N, Di Cesare Mannelli L, Mazzanti G, Bartolini A, Ghelardini C. Menthol: a natural analgesic compound. Neurosci Lett. 2002 Apr 12;322(3):145-8. Department of Pharmacology, Viale G. Pieraccini 6, University of Florence, I-50139, Florence, Italy.

Galeotti N, Ghelardini C, Mannelli L, Mazzanti G, Baghiroli L, Bartolini A. Local anaesthetic activity of (+)-and (-)-menthol. Planta Med. 2001 Mar;67(2):174-6.

Fujii M, Takeda Y, Yoshida M, Utoguchi N, Matsumoto M, Watanabe Y. Comparison of skin permeation enhancement by 3-l-menthoxypropane-1,2-diol and l-menthol: the permeation of indomethacin and antipyrine through Yucatan micropig skin and changes in infrared spectra and X-ray diffraction patterns of stratum corneum. Int J Pharm. 2003 Jun 4;258(1-2):217-23. Showa Pharmaceutical University, 3-3165 Higashi-Tamagawa-Gakuen, Machida, 194-8543, Tokyo, Japan.

Yosipovitch G, Szolar C, Hui XY, Maibach H. Effect of topically applied menthol on thermal, pain and itch sensations and biophysical properties of the skin. Arch Dermatol Res. 1996 May;288(5-6):245-8. Department of Dermatology UCSF Medical Center 94143-0989, USA.