LAVENDER (LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA MILL.) - MEDICINAL-ALTERNATIVE SPECIES IN THE STRUCTURE OF CROPS IN AGRICULTURAL FARMS, IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

From the medicinal species Lavender, inflorescences (Flores SpicaeLavandulae), with a pleasant, characteristic smell, notes of freshness, are used for therapeutic purposes. The active principle lavender flowers is volatile oil, content which differs depending on species, variety, time harvest or form conditioning. Fresh contain up to 0.8% and dried ones 1.5%. Lavender have high linalool (a terpene alcohol, helps synthesize vitamin E non-toxic insecticide), they also tannin, bitter principles, resins, pectins other alcohols (nerol, lavandulol). oil whose main component free (40-60%) in linalyl acetate (40-50%) has uses.In oils Lavandulaangustifolia L., 22 compounds were identified, 14 major (in concentration above 0.2%) represented 99.53% total.