Title:Lavender Plant: Farming and Health Benefits
Volume: 24
Issue: 6
Author(s): Sameer Ullah Khan*, Baseerat Hamza, Reyaz Hassan Mir, Kaneez Fatima and Fayaz Malik*
Affiliation:
- Cancer Pharmacology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Sanat Nagar Srinagar,
190005, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad,
201002, India
- Cancer Pharmacology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Sanat Nagar Srinagar,
190005, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Keywords:
Lavender, essential oil, alzheimer's disease, cancer, depression, autophagy.
Abstract: Natural remedies from a range of sources, including plants, animals,
microorganisms, and marine life, have made a significant contribution to the treatment of
many ailments. Lavender is a Mediterranean shrub from the Lamiaceae family. Lavender
flowers (Lavandula flores) include active ingredients (3%), anthocyanins, sugars,
phytosterols, minerals, and tannins and are majorly used for herbal applications.
Lavender essential oil's descriptive and analytical composition varies depending on
genotype, growing region, climatic circumstances, propagation, and morphological
characteristics. There are around 300 chemical components in essential oil. Linalool,
terpinen-4-ol, linalyl acetate, ocimene, acetate lavandulol, and cineole are the most
prominent constituents. Lavender oil has antibacterial and antioxidant properties. The
lavender extract helps to prevent dementia and may slow cancer cell growth, while
lavender oil is used to treat skin problems. This review will cover the recent medical,
economic and regional advancements in levander propagation and how the Council of
Scientific & Industrial Research Indian Institute of Integrative (CSIR IIIM) aroma mission
is actively acting as a bridge between farmers and their economic improvement by
attracting them to the field of medicinal plant cultivation.