Nutritional quality of hemp seeds (Cannabis sativa L.) in different environments

Hemp seed (Cannabis sativa L.) is rich in many substances beneficial human nutrition, especially proteins, lipids, and total dietary fibre. Contents of these primary metabolites were analysed seeds hemp cultivar Finola grown at three locations Slovakia (Borovce, Vígľaš-Pstruša, Milhostov) within two years (2013, 2014). The average content fibre was 36.10 ± 1.92%, lipids 32.05 0.42%, proteins 24.66 0.55%. main fatty acids oil linoleic, α-linolenic, oleic acids. About 75% all polyunsaturated ones. such as γ-linolenic, stearidonic, oleic, cis-vaccenic, stearic, gadoleic acids, well significantly affected (P≤0.05) by the year cultivation. Content arachidonic influenced maturity seeds. growing location fibre, ratio saturated:polyunsaturated