BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF TWO LAVENDER (LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA Mill.) CULTIVARS

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Two lavender cultivars grown in local farms, in Buzăucounty, were analyzed for determiningbioactive compounds contents: ‘Codeanca’and ‘Vera’.They were found to have differentcarotenoid contents, with a total amount of 20.71–26.43 mg/kg,with lutein and lycopenebeing the most important.β-carotenewas only found in significant amounts in ‘Vera’cultivar.The total phenoliccompoundsinventoryranged between 20,313–35,753 mg/kg, with maximum concentration in‘Vera’.Phenolicacids were dominant (69–73%), with flavonoids forming most of the remaining amounts. Oil amounts averaged 15,533 mg/kg in ‘Vera’ and 12,000 mg/kg in ‘Codreanca’. Ascorbic acid content showed the widest array of variation, with an average of1,278 mg/kg in ‘Vera’ and only 189 mg/kg in ‘Codreanca’. Among the twocultivars,under the local conditions,‘Vera’was the richest in terms of carotenoids (total, β-carotene, lutein and xanthins), phenolic compounds (total, phenolic acids, flavonoids –including flavanols and anthocyanins, tannins, coumarins, stilbenes), oil and ascorbic acid. ‘Codreanca’.Scored highest only in terms of lycopene content.

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