Menthol is a very cool compound. If a sample of menthol is examined by UV spectroscopy, what would you expect to see? Why

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 Menthol is a very cool compound. If a sample of menthol is examined by UV spectroscopy, what would you expect to see? Why ? 

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Menthol compound which is a very cool compound, so here we have to find that what would we see when we observe the Menthol in UV spectroscopy and why?

So Let's Understand,Menthol is a type of Falvouring agent which is derived from natural and a synthetic sources that is added to cosmetic food and sample like body lotion , face cream , shampoo, shower gel etc.The detrmination of menthol is happen by chromatographically or using NMR Spectrosopy.. Various chromatography techinque used for analysis of  the menthol content.

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