Pogostemon

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Noun1.Pogostemon - genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oil
asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
family Labiatae, family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, mint family - a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary
pachouli, patchouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin - small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes
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citriodora, pachuli Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth 1848 (Lamiales: Lamiaceae) y tomillo T.
Krishnappa, "Pupicidal and repellent activities of Pogostemon cablin essential oil chemical compounds against medically important human vector mosquitoes," Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, vol.
Sellier, "analysis of the essential oil of indonesian patchouli (pogostemon cabin benth.) using GC/MS (EI/CI)," Journal of Essential Oil Research, vol.
Patchouli oil, the essential oil extracted from leaves of Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Bentham (Lamiaceae), is an important natural material used in the perfumery and food industries.
Pogostemon cablin belongs to the family Lamiaceae and grows wild in Southeast Asia [8].
Alpha-bulnesene is a sesquiterpenoid molecule that comes from the essential oil of an Asian plant called Pogostemon cablin and acts as a PAF inhibitor exerting its inhibitory effect by antagonizing competitively PAF binding to its receptor and thus inhibits intracellular [Ca.sup.2+] increase [17].
The plants used are Zizyphus Mauritania, Olive, Sesbania grandiflora, Pogostemon benghalensis, Rosa indicia, Ocimum sanctum [62].
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