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Planta Med 2016; 82(01/02): 163-170
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1558095
Analytical Studies
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Lavandula angustifolia and Lavandula latifolia Essential Oils from Spain: Aromatic Profile and Bioactivities

Alejandro Carrasco
1   GENZ-Group of Research on Enzymology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-A, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
,
Ramiro Martinez-Gutierrez
2   Novozymes Spain S. A., Madrid, Spain
,
Virginia Tomas
3   Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Murcia, Spain
,
Jose Tudela
1   GENZ-Group of Research on Enzymology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-A, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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received 24 March 2015
revised 03 August 2015

accepted 10 August 2015

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05 October 2015 (online)

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Erratum for: Lavandula angustifolia and Lavandula latifolia Essential Oils from Spain: Aromatic Profile and BioactivitiesPlanta Med 2016; 82(01/02): E4-E4
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1558195

Abstract

Compositions of true lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) and spike lavender (Lavandula latifolia) essential oils, cultivated and extracted in the Southeast of Spain, were determined by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry detection, obtaining both relative (peak area) and absolute (using standard curves) concentrations. Linalool (37–54 %), linalyl acetate (21–36 %) and (E)-β-caryophyllene (1–3 %) were the most abundant components for L. angustifolia. Linalool (35–51 %), eucalyptol (26–32 %), camphor (10–18 %), α-pinene (1–2 %), α-terpineol (1–2 %) and α-bisabolene (1–2 %) were the most abundant components for L. latifolia. The characterization was completed with enantioselective gas chromatography, in which the determined main molecules were (−)-linalool, (−)-linalyl acetate and (+)-camphor. (S)-(−)-camphene, (R)-(+)-limonene, (1R, 9S)-(−)-(E)-β-caryophyllene and (1R, 4R, 6R, 10S)-(−)-caryophyllene oxide were found in this study as the predominant enantiomers in Spanish L. angustifolia. The characterised essential oils were tested for their antioxidant activity against free radicals ABTS, DPPH, ORAC, chelating, and reducing power. Inhibitory activity on lipoxygenase was observed indicating a possible anti-inflammatory activity, mainly due to linalool, camphor, p-cymene and limonene. These results can be the starting point for a future study of the potential use of L. angustifolia and L. latifolia essential oils as natural cosmetic and natural pharmaceutical ingredients for several skin diseases.

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Lavandula angustifolia - Lavandula latifolia - Lamiaceae - essential oil - enantiomeric ratio - antioxidant - LOX inhibitory activity

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