@article{article_289572, title={COMPARISON OF PROXIMATE, FATTY ACIDS AND ELEMENT COMPOSITION OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES (CULTIVARS) AND SPECIES OF FLAX SEEDS}, journal={Food and Health}, volume={1}, pages={124–134}, year={2015}, DOI={10.3153/JFHS15012}, author={Öksüz, Abdullah and Bahadırlı, Nadire Pelin and Yıldırım, Mehmet Uğur and Sarıhan, Ercüment Osman}, keywords={Flaxseed,Fatty acids,Proximate composition,Minerals}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt;margin-right:1.3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:9pt;" xml:lang="en-gb">Proximate, fatty acid, and mineral composition of different
flax species and cultivars were compared. Lipid content of wild flax was much
lower than Sarı 85 and Vera cultivars. Protein content of wild flax was also
much lower than Sarı 85 and Vera cultivars. However, moisture content of wild
flax was much higher than Sarı 85 and Vera. Linolenik asit was the major fatty
acid in all flax seeds with a different ratios. Considering the fatty acids,
palmitic, oleic and linoleic acids 
showed significant difference (P<0.05)  among the flaxseeds samples. Whereas, wild
flax species  and Sarı 85 cultivar
contained the highest level of linoleic acid compare to Vera cultivar.  Sarı 85 cultivar had highest n3:n6 ratio with
a level  of 4.1, and lowest ratio was
observed in Vera cultivar. Amoung the macro elements, K, P, Mg, and  Na were pre-dominant elements and Zn was the
most abundant element in the microelements, in particular in wild flaxseed
sample. The elements such as, P, Na, Ca, Zn, Ni and Pb  in wild flaxseed were significantly different
from Sarı 85 and Vera cultivars (P<0.05).    </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Özkan ÖZDEN}