*2.1. Plant Material*

Plants belonging to the specie *L. alba*, carvone chemotype, were harvested at the National Research Center for the Agroindustrialization of Tropical Aromatic and Medicinal Plant Species (CENIVAM) (Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)), located in Bucaramanga, Colombia, at an altitude of 960 m above sea level. For the cultivation

of plant specimens, environmental conditions and specific collection times previously standardized [8] were taken into account. A plant collection permit was obtained from the Colombian Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development under Resolution 1761 of November 2019. The *L. alba* identification voucher was deposited at the Colombian National Herbarium (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) under Herbarium Code COL480750.
