Studies on Chemical Constituents and Morphological Characters of the Fruits of Seven Labiatae Plants

The chemical constituents and morp hological characters of the fruits of seven Labiataeplants have been studied.The results showed that the contents of fatty oils in the fruits are abundant.The main constituents of unsaturated fatty acids are Αlinolenic acid,linolic acid,oleicacid,and a rachidonic acid.The maincon stituents of saturated fatty acid sare palmitic acid andstearic acid.Although different kinds of fruit oils have different content of as pecific unsatu rated fatty acid,the content of total unsaturated fatty acids is more than 90% of fruit oils.The fruit salso conta in eighteen kinds of amino acids and some mineral elements.Due to high nut ritionaling redients,there is potential prospect to explore and utilize them.Their morphological characters were also discussed.