The leaves of Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth. (Lamiaceae) are the source of patchouli essential oil, which is – with an annual production of about 1300 tonnes – an important and unique commodity in the fragrance industry. All the literature pertaining to patchouli was critically reviewed with an emphasis on the qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis of the oil but also harvesting, fermentation, drying, distillation, used analytical techniques, sensory aspects including molecules responsible for the odour, adulteration and toxicological aspects, i.e., skin sensitisation, are discussed. In total 72 constituents have been convincingly identified in the oil and another 58 tentatively. The main constituent is the sesquiterpene patchoulol. For this review over 600 papers were consulted and in the supplementary information all patchouli‐related references not relevant enough to be cited in the paper itself are listed.

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广patch香，Pogostemon cablin的精油：审查

Pogostemon cablin的叶子（布兰科）本斯。（唇形科）是广oul香精油的来源，广patch香精油的年产量约为1300吨，是香精行业中一种重要且独特的商品。严格审查了所有与广patch香有关的文献，重点是油的定性和定量化学分析，还重点研究了油的收获，发酵，干燥，蒸馏，二手分析技术，感官方面，包括负责气味，掺假和毒理学方面的分子，即，皮肤过敏。令人信服的是，在石油中总共鉴定出72种成分，并在试验中初步鉴定出58种成分。主要成分是倍半萜烯广patch香酚。