LAVENDER (LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA MILL.) - MEDICINAL-ALTERNATIVE SPECIES IN THE STRUCTURE OF CROPS IN AGRICULTURAL FARMS, IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Journal: Annals of the University of Craiova - Agriculture Montanology Cadastre Series 
Year: 2022

From the medicinal species Lavender, the inflorescences (Flores SpicaeLavandulae), with a pleasant, characteristic smell, with notes of freshness, are used for therapeutic purposes. The active principle of lavender flowers is the volatile oil, the content of which differs depending on the species, variety, variety, time of harvest or the form of conditioning. Fresh flowers contain up to 0.8% volatile oil, and dried ones up to 1.5%. Lavender flowers have a high content of linalool (a terpene alco