Improving the quality of flax oil using natural extracts from peppermint and dill and their impact on effective compounds with nutritional value beneficial to human health

	Improving the quality of flax oil using natural extracts from peppermint and dill and their impact on effective compounds with nutritional value beneficial to human health
Al-Zahraa Journal for Health and Medical Sciences
Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 2, June 2025, Pages 1-8 PDF (446.05 K)
Document Type: Research Article
Abstract
The current flax (L. usitatissimum L.) nutritional value beneficial to human health experiment was carried out in 2023 in the Iraqi city of Al-Hindia. The experiment was set up using a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with split-plot layout, two factors, and three replications in order to examine the effects of peppermint (Mentha piperita) and dill (Anethum graveolens) extracts on the active components of flax. The amounts of peppermint extract (control, 100, 150, and 200 ml L^-1) that were sprayed on the leaves a month after germination constituted the first factor. Dill extracts were the second factor. During the growing season, the region received a single pollination with four concentrations of (control, 100, 150, and 200 ml L^-1). On April 25, 2024, the flax plants were harvested. The findings showed that peppermint and dill extracts improved flax (L. usitatissimum) oil output and active component characteristics. The findings showed that 200 ml L^-1 of peppermint and dill extracts improved the oil output and percentage as well as the linolenic and oleic acids in flax
Keywords
peppermint; dill extracts; Flax; oleic acids

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