The oil was extracted from osmanthus seed by soxhlet extraction and the composition of fatty acids in this oil was analyzed by GC-MS. Nine kinds of fatty acids was identified by GC-MS. And main composition were as follow: oleic acid(39.04%), linoleic acid(33.15%), palmitic acid(10.31%), stearic acid(3.80%),(9E,12E)-9,12-octadecadienic acid(4.62) and gamma linolenic acid(6.44%), in which the total content of unsaturated fatty acid is up to 83.25%. It may b...