Description
The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow varieties exist.
It has a crisp texture when fresh. The most commonly eaten part of a carrot is a taproot, although the greens are sometimes eaten as well. It is a domesticated form of the wild carrot Daucus
carota, native to Europe and southwestern Asia. The domestic carrot has been selectively bred for its greatly enlarged and more palatable, less woody-textured edible taproot. The Food and
Agriculture Organizationof the United Nations (FAO) reports that world production of carrots and turnips (these plants are combined by the FAO for reporting purposes) for calendar year 2011 was
almost 35.658 million tonnes. Almost half were grown in China. Carrots are widely used in many cuisines, especially in the preparation of salads, and carrot salads are a tradition in many regional
cuisines.
Application
- Pharmaceutical raw materials
- Food supplement
- Functional food additive & health supplement
- Cosmetics & personal care products
Function
- Adjuvant treatment of hypertension
- Enhancing the effect of vitamin C
- Cholesterol-lowering
- Anti-inflammatory and antiviral
- Antioxidant