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Pandan leaves are used in cosmetic products like soap for their fragrant scent. Studies have found that pandan leaves contain linalool, which is used as a scent in 60-80% of hygiene products and also as an insecticide. One study extracted linalool from pandan leaves to test its effectiveness as a repellent against cockroaches.

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RRL Pandan Leaves

Pandan leaves are used in cosmetic products like soap for their fragrant scent. Studies have found that pandan leaves contain linalool, which is used as a scent in 60-80% of hygiene products and also as an insecticide. One study extracted linalool from pandan leaves to test its effectiveness as a repellent against cockroaches.

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In cosmetic industry, pandan leaves used in the processing of soap which as a fragrant

scent. Pandan is said"to be a restorative, deodorant, indolent and phylactic, promoting a feeling
of wellbeing and acting as a counter to tropical lassitude. It may be chewed as a breath sweetener
or used as a preservative on foods. Mid-eastern Indians use the flower of this plant in making
perfume, while in Thailand, the leaves are often used as flavourful wrappers for morsels of food,
as the leaves will leave their aroma in the food. Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources
Engineering Universiti Malaysia Pahang. (2011) Retrieved from
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2693/1/ERNA_QURRATU%27_AINI_BINTI_RUSLAN.PD
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The study has been conducted to come up with Pandan Leaves extract that has linalool
which was used as scent in 60-80% of perfumed hygiene products, cleaning agents including
soaps, detergents, shampoos, and lotions, and it is also used by pest professionals as a flea, fruit
fly and cockroach insecticide. Pandan leaf is long, thin, narrow, and green. It is sold fresh,
frozen, or dried. Pandan (pandanus amaryllifolius) leaves extract used as repellent against
cockroaches. Retrieved from
https://www.academia.edu/28904748/pandan_pandanus_amaryllifolius_leaves_extract_used_as_
repellent_against_cockroaches.docx

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