Abstract

The genus Lavandula includes about thirty species plus a number of intraspecific taxa and hybrids which are distributed in the Mediterranean area. The traditional use of lavender both as perfume or medicinal plant is known since antiquity. Nowadays several species are extensively cultivated for the extraction of their essential oils (EOs) which are used in manufactured products like cosmetics and perfumes or in phytotherapy. Lavandula pinnata L. f. is a rare species native to the Canary Islands used in folk medicine as relaxant and also a valuable remedy against bites. To the best of our knowledge, EOs from L. pinnata have been very little studied. The present paper reports on the quali- and quantitative compositional profile of the EOs distilled from the aerial parts (flowers and leaves) of this species. Chemical analyses have indicated that oxygenated monoterpenes are the main constituents of both the flowers (68.30%) and the leaves (83.65%). Carvacrol is the main compound which characterizes the EOs of this species. The compositional profile allows some consideration on the taxonomy and on the pharmacological potential of L. pinnata.

Autore Pugliese

• De Lucia Barbara , Argentieri Maria Pia

Tutti gli autori

• DE LUCIA B.;ARGENTIERI M.P.

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Anno di pubblicazione

2014

ISSN

1934-578X

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2

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