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Pogostemon, Patchouli, Iofano, Puchapat (Pogostemon cablin) Blanco Benth. is a medicinal plant belonging to the Lamiaceae family.
It has been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of stress, depression, appetite control and improvement of sexual desire.
In China, there are (1) three cultivars:
and two chemotypes:
The oil of pogostemon is also used in chemical, cosmetics and perfumery.
It is composed of about 140 components that exert biological activity antibacterial, antifungal and insecticidal.
The main components are tricyclic sesquiterpenes, including patchoulol widely used in perfumes and cosmetics.
The main components are tricyclic sesquiterpenes, including patchoulol widely used in perfumes, cosmetics and as a component of paclitaxel (Taxol) a cancer chemotherapy (2).
References_______________________________________
(1) The plastid genome and its implications in barcoding specific-chemotypes of the medicinal herb Pogostemon cablin in China. Zhang C, Liu T, Yuan X, Huang H, Yao G, Mo X, Xue X, Yan H. PLoS One. 2019 Apr 15;14(4):e0215512. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215512.
(2) Microbial production of isoprenoids enabled by synthetic biology. Immethun CM, Hoynes-O'Connor AG, Balassy A, Moon TS. Front Microbiol. 2013 Apr 4;4:75. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00075.
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