Abstracto

Altitudinal and cultivation variation in fatty acid profile of Perilla frutescens L.

Devendra Singh Negi, Ashok Kumar, Mahendra Lal Tamta, Nivedita Shukla, Ranjan Banerji

The seeds of P. frutescens L., collected from different altitudes showed a maximumoil yield (43%) fromGhat Chamoli, while in cultivated samples fromPinder Valley an oil yield of 46%was observed. The fatty acid profile revealedmore than 87%polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) having 74.3% omega-3 fatty acid (ALA) from cultivated seed oil of Dehradun, while in wild samples amaximumof 84.5%PUFAs with 68.8%omega-3 fatty acid. The fatty acid profile revealed octadecatrienoic (omega-3) acid as themajor component of these oils ranging from 65.96-74.29%, maximum being in cultivated seed oil fromDehradun region, therefore, we may conclude that Perilla should be cultivated for the oil vis-à-vis omega-3 fatty acid.