Study of Skin Irritation of Patchouli Oil and Its Components
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the skin irritation of patchouli oil and its components.METHODS Ac-cording to the method of skin irritation/skin corrosion test of Cosmetic Safety Technical Specification of China(ver-sion 2015),patchouli oil and its components,patchouli alcohol and patchoulenone,were used as test samples on rab-bits for multiple skin irritation test.RESULTS Patchouli oil,26%and 20%patchouli alcohol showed moderate skin irritation respectively.10%patchouli oil,15%and 10%patchouli alcohol showed mild skin irritation while 5%patchouli alcohol and patchoulenone showed no skin irritation.CONCLUSION Based on the safety considerations,patchouli oil should be diluted until the concentration of its patchouli alcohol not higher than 10%.