CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE FATTY OIL OF BOROGA OFFICINALIS L. SEEDS FROM TURKEY

In this study, Borage (Borago officinalis), cultivated in Konya province, Turkey, seeds oil yield and its components were investigated. The fatty oil yield obtained from borage seed was determined as ۲۱.۳۵%. The results showed that the major composition of borage seeds oil were linoleic acid (۳۱.۱%), oleic acid (۲۷.۸%), linolenic acid (۱۲.۹%), palmitic acid (۱۲.۸%), stearic acid (۵%), eicosenoic acid (۴.۲%), erucic acid (۲.۷%). nervonic acid (۱.۵), respectively. This results of fatty oil compositions are within the standard limits of borage seeds oil in European Pharmacopoeia. According to the results of this study, it is important in terms of the fatty oil yield and chemical compositions. Borage seed oil is a valuable because of fatty oil composition, although it is commercially cultivated for medicinal and culinary uses.