Volatile compounds of the Lavandula angustifolia Mill. (Lamiaceae) Species Cultured in Turkey

Abstract

Within this family there are many medical species such as Lavandula L., Lavandula angustifoliaMill. known as medical lavender, is conducting culture and research studies in many places in the world. Itis also known as the “English lavender” or L. officinalis. Lavender is used in aromatherapy. Its sedativenature, on inhalation has been shown both in animals and man. Experimental studies in humans andanimals have shown that the sedative effect comes from linalool and linalyl acetate. Tanins contained inflowers of lavender is shown antidiarrheal effect. Essential oil of lavender is used in various skin diseasesand wound healing. Essential oil of lavender shortens the sleeping period, prolongs the sleeping period. Inaddition, it also shows antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, fungicidal, insecticidal and acaricidal effects(Zeybek and Haksel, 2010). In this study, we were made to create sources Lavandula agriculture in Turkey.We collected four different provinces in the Lavandula (5 samples and 1 commercial oil). The results of atotal five local and commercial are given below. The flowers of Lavandula were water distilled for 3 h usinga Clevenger type apparatus. The essential oils were analyzed by GC and GC-MS simultaneously. The mainconstituents were identified as linalool 31.9–50.0 % and linalyl acetate 15.4–42.0 %.