This work combined a micromorphological and phytochemical study approach on Lavandula angustifolia Mill. cultivated at the Ghirardi Botanic Garden (Toscolano Maderno, BS, Italy). The observations leaves flowers revealed occurrence of three trichome morphotypes: peltate, short- medium-stalked capitate. histochemical dyes evidenced huge production terpenes by peltate capitates, while short-stalke...

     Callus and suspension cultures of Lavandula angustifolia Mill. (Lamiaceae) were established and the effect of different culture media on growth rate was investigated. Terpenoids added to suspension culture to investigate their biotrans-formation. All samples were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and GC-mass spectroscopy (MS). Octan-1-ol, citronellol, linalool, borneol and geran...

The microbiological contamination of raw plant materials is common and may be adequately reduced by radiation processing. This study evaluated the effects of gamma- and e-beam ionizing radiations (25 kGy) on three plants used as food or as medicinal products (Thymus vulgaris L., Eucalyptus radiata D.C., and Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) as well as their effects on extracted or commercial essent...

Free radicals and oxidative stress are involved in variety of disorders including atherosclerosis, chronic renal failure, diabetes mellitus, cancer, immune dysfunction, anxiety and aging (1). So in recent years there is an increasing interest in attraction of natural antioxidant derived from aromatic medicinal plants, which could be relevant in relation to their role in health disease and their...

callus and suspension cultures of lavandula angustifolia mill. (lamiaceae) were established and the effect of different culture media on growth rate was investigated. terpenoids added to suspension culture to investigate their biotrans-formation. all samples were analyzed by gas chromatography (gc) and gc-mass spectroscopy (ms). octan-1-ol, citronellol, linalool, borneol and geraniol were biotr...