Fatty acid composition of the seeds of five Nepeta species from Turkey

Abstract

The genus Nepeta (Lamiaceae) comprises about 300 species, most of which grow wild in Central and Southern Europe, North Africa, and Central and Southern Asia [1–3]. Recent studies have indicated that Nepeta species in Turkish flora are represented by 44 taxa, of which 22 are endemic to Turkey, and endemic and non-endemic species mostly grow in East Anatolia and the Taurus Mount [4].