Perilla frutescens is mainly produced in Southeast Asia, Taiwan Province Province, China, Jiangxi and Hunan, Xunyi County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, Molidawa Daur Autonomous Banner, Hulunbeier City, Inner Mongolia and Himalayan region. Japan, Myanmar, the Korean Peninsula, India and Nepal have also introduced species, and North America has also planted them.
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Perilla contains fatty oil and vitamin B 1. The fragrance of perilla oil can be used to make fine soaps and medicines. Perilla frutescens can be extracted from perilla oil. Perilla frutescens is 200 times sweeter than sucrose, but has no nutritional value. There are flavonoids in seeds and leaves, and 9 kinds of flavonoids, 2 kinds of flavonoids and 5 kinds of anthocyanins have been separated. The fruit also contains β-sitosterol, stigmasterol and tannin.
Perilla oil, the volatile oil contained in perilla, is mainly composed of perillaldehyde, accounting for 50-60% of the total, which is the main source of strong smell of perilla oil. Other major terpenes include limonene, caryophyllene and farnesene.
Perilla frutescens is composed of fatty oil 45.3%, linoleic acid 42.6%, α -linolenic acid 22.4%, vitamin B 1 and amino acid compounds.
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