Patchouli
From Wikur Essential Oils and Fragrances
Contents
Classification
- Botanical Name : Pogostemon cablin
- Other Names : Patchouly, Pachouli
- CAS Number : 8014-09-9
- Origin : China, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Extraction Method
- Parts Used : Leaves
- Crop : Leaves may be harvested several times a year
- Steam distillation or CO2-extraction of the dried leaves. of the leaves, requiring rupture of its cell walls by steam scalding, light fermentation, or drying. Some sources claim a highest quality oil is usually produced from fresh leaves distilled close to where they are harvested; others that baling the dried leaves and fermenting them for a period of time is best
- Physical Description : reddish-brown-yellow, viscous oil
Olfactory Description
- Family : Woody
- Perfumery Note: Base / fixative
- Sweet dark earthy, woody dean camphor smoky fruity apple twist dusty humidity chypre
Chemical Constituents
- Patchoulol : 33 - 35 %
- alpha-patchoulene : 22,20 %
- beta-patchoulene : 13,75 %
- alpha-bulnesene + delta-guaiene : 2,34 %
- bulnesene oxide : 0,14 %
- beta-caryophyllene : 20,64 %
- caryophyllene oxide : 0,30 %
- alpha-copaene : 2,01 %
- beta-elemene : 6,08 %
- guaiene oxide : 0,11 %
- beta-gurjunene : 0,04 %
- nor patchoulenol : 1,18 %
- patchoulenone : 0,07 %
- patchouli oxide : 0,06 %
- patchouli pyridine : 0,05 %
- pogostol : 0,44 - 3 %
Aromatherapy
http://wikiwel.com/wikihealing//index.php?title=Patchouly_Oil
References
- Grieve, Maude (1995) A Modern Herbal [1]. 2007
- Leung A, Foster S Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs and cosmetics John Wiley and Sons 1996