Abstract: | Summary The seed oils of the plantsOcimum basilicum andCardaria repens have been studied. Their physico-chemical properties and fatty acid and glyceride compositions have been determined. Both oils contain a hydroxy acid of undetermined structure. The oil ofOcimum basilicum contains an unusual trienic acid.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 7–11, January, 1971. |