Chia seeds grown in different ecosystems of South America showed a significant difference in protein and oil contents, peroxide index and fatty acid composition. The main fatty acid was α‐linolenic, which was lower in the Inter Andean Valley and Yungas ecosystems, and higher in the Great Chaco (Humid, Arid, and Semiarid) and the Atacama Desert.
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