Fatty acid composition of seed lipids of holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum L.) and common basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)
Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Biological Series
Year: 2025

The article presents the results of study of the fatty acid composition of seed lipids of two basil species du ring the period of 2020‒2023. Species specificity and variability in the content of oleic and α-linolenic acids were noted. The predominant fatty acids in the seed lipids of holy basil ( Ocimum tenuiflorum L.) are α-linolenic (more than 56 %) and linoleic (more than 20 %) acids, and in the seed lipids of common basil ( Ocimum basilicum L.) ‒ α-linolenic (about 47 %), oleic (about 21 %)