ABSTRACT

The lavender oil from L. angustifolia can be extracted by different methods, although some are not practiced currently. Lavender oil can be extracted by using different solvents. The oil obtained in such a process is high in concentration. Jablonský et al. (2016) used butanol and dichloromethane, polar and nonpolar solvents, respectively, for isolation of lavender oil. Lesage-Meessen et al. (2015) reported steam distillation of lavender oil by traditional and green ground distillation methods. There is a significant interest in replacing the steam distillation and solvent extraction processes usually used to obtain lavender oil by supercritical fluid extraction. SFE of the lavender oil is a promising option at the industrial scale for extraction of lavender oil using supercritical fluid processing. The composition of lavender oil varies from species to species, as well as from the place of origin. Lavender oil can be obtained by conventional and modern technologies.