The wide variety of aromatic plants and their use represent great economic value worldwide, due to the numerous therapeutic properties available. The Lavandula genus stands out in the world economy, mainly due to the production of essential oil, which can be extracted from its leaves or flowers, being widely used in the cosmetic, food and pharmaceutical industries. However, the therapeutic properties of this essential oil can be impaired due to its low aqueous solubility, high volatility and low physical-chemical stability. The association of essential oil with nanostructured systems can be a promising and efficient alternative to overcome these limitations, providing greater stability of the active compounds, protection against oxidation, photodegradation and thermal degradation processes, and thus, promoting a potential enhancement of efficiency. Thus, the objective of the study was to carry out a review of the literature about the available research that uses nanostructured systems to encapsulate the essential oil of different lavender species. The search was carried out in April 2020, in the electronic databases Web of Science, PubMed and ScienceDirect. The descriptors and keywords used were: nano *, lavender, Lavandula, followed by the Boolean operators AND; OR, and the year of publication of the articles was not defined. Eight articles were found that adequately met the inclusion criteria, which were published between the years 2017 to 2020. From the results found, it is believed that nanotechnology can be a promising alternative to protect the active compounds of lavender essential oil against factors that can impair their stability, as well as, guarantee or even increase their effectiveness, with the possibility of decreasing dose and consequently side effects.

Objective To analyze the effect of lavender essential oil associated with massage on spinal pain levels in obese women. Methods The sample included 49 obese women, between 20 and 60 years of age, randomly assigned to three groups: control (n=15), intervention (n=19) and placebo (n=15). The intervention and placebo groups were submitted to eight 35-minute sessions, twice a week for one month, but the essential oil of Lavandula angustifolia was used only in the intervention group. A placebo was used for the placebo group and the control group received no intervention. Pain levels were measured before and after the intervention using the Visual Analog Scale. Results There was a significant decrease in total spinal pain (p=0.004), in the cervical region (p=0.003) and in the lumbar region (p=0.008) in the intervention group. Conclusion Lavender essential oil had a positive impact on the reduction of pain in the spine of obese women, as well as in the specific areas of the cervical and lumbar regions compared to the control and placebo groups. Level of evidence I; Randomized clinical trial.

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