Aromatic Profiling and Bioactive Potential of Lavendula angustifolia: A Review

Abstract

Plants are the vital source around which human life revolves. Starting from our food to medicine we obtain, all such valuable resources come from resilience creatures called plants. Plants are gifted with certain properties that make them precious in all aspects of life. They produce bioactive substances that make them medicinally important for pharmaceutical use. The aromatic plants which are important as industrial raw material are used as essence material in various baking and brewing industries because of their pleasant aroma. These plants undergo distillation processes to extract the essential oils from oil secreting glands. The present review deals with review on aromatic profiling and bioactive potential of Lavendula angustifolia plant and its commercial importance as a plant material.