Abstract
Abstract The effects of cultivar, nitrogen level, presence of growth regulator and retting process on the lipids and pigments of flax fibre were examined. The flax straw was field, water or enzymatically retted. The lipids were extracted from the retted and scutched flax fibre, weighed and analysed qualitatively by thin layer chromatography (TLC). The pigments were examined spectrophotometrically from the lipid extract. The effect of the retting process on the lipid content and pigments of flax fibre was significant. Enzymatic retting produced the most lipid-rich fibre compared with the traditional retting processes. The effects of other variables were negligible. Qualitative differences were not detected by TLC
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