Considerations on the Use of Active Compounds Obtained from Lavender

Lavender is among the medicinal and aromatic plants with high economic value in food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic aromatherapeutic industries, its composition has numerous compounds, such as tannins, anthocyanins, minerals, saponins, flavonoids, polyphenols, essential oil others. The qualitative quantitative characteristics of lavender are best highlighted by extraction techniques hydrodistillation, steam distillation supercritical CO2 extraction. In water method, soaked until boiling released, carrying oils it, which then separated via cooling. Steam one most common methods used to extract from plants. Unlike where stored directly a tank, this transported into tank outside released plant components when penetrates structures that contain it. Essential compounds have antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-fungal, etc., properties. All component parts oils, distributed follows: leaves at about 0.4%, stems 0.2%, inflorescences 2–4.5%.