The importance of Lavandula stoechas L. in pharmacognosy and phytotherapy

Lavandula stoechas is distributed in Africa, Europe, and Asia continents, especially the countries of Southern Europe North Africa neighboring Mediterranean. The use L. stoechas, which has a cosmopolitan distribution, mainly Mediterranean region, treatment rheumatic diseases reduction inflammatory problems folk medicine dates back to ancient times. It been determined that contains various bioactive phytochemicals such as flavonoids, catechic tannins, sterols, coumarins, leucoanthocyanins, mucilages. essential oil obtained from leaves flowers widely used pharmacy. There are ethnobotanical phytopharmacological studies on antimicrobial, insecticidal, antileishmanial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory effects extracts plant. intensive clinical data its anti-inflammatory, anticonvulsant effects. insecticide, larvicide, anticonvulsant, antispasmodic, sedative, hepatoprotective, nephroprotective, antidiabetic, anticancer with scientific based traditional stoechas. This review supports aforementioned plant can be light result studies. In this review, it was emphasized some regulations should made cultivation, formulation, marketing