Celery Seed and Leaf Oil

Saponification value.                    : 35

Acid value.                                   : 3.5

Optical rotation.                           : +50 to +80⁰

Refractive index.(27*C)              : 1.7465 to 1.4865

Specific gravity.(27*C)               : 0.8710 to 0.9100

                                                       Celery seed.

Odour.                                         : very persistent and spicy, pleasing odour, typical of

                                                      Palegreenish.

Colour and appearance.              : Pale yellow to light brown liquid, some times                                

PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CONSTANTS OF CELERY SEED OIL:-

The fatty oil from seeds is antispasmodic and nerve stimulant. The leaves and stalks of celery plant are used as salad and in the preparation of soups etc. The fatty oil from seeds is antispasmodic and nerve stimulant. The roots possess diuretic property. The seeds can be used in picking fish and salad dressings and other dishes where celery flavour is desired.

  Celery seed oil finds major uses in flavouring industry for processed foods such as soups, sauces, pickles, meat and vegetable juice. The oil from seeds is used to treat asthma, flatulence and bronchitis.

USES:-

acetylation 43-52.

Specific gravity 0.850-0.895, refractive index (20*C) 1.4781-1.4860, optical rotation (20*C) +60* to 82*, and acid value upto 5, ester value 15-45 and ester value after

   The seeds yield a golden-yellow essential oil (2-3%) having following characteristic :

The oleoresin extracted from celery contains 12-16%volatile oil. Celery seeds are employed for flavouring soups, salads, sauce, meat, dishes fish and eggs and pickles.

       Celery is the dried fruit of the herb Apium graveolens locally known as Karmauli and is extensively grown in the Punjab and its surrounding areas for seeds and leaf oil that contains about 2-3% oil. Its commercial cultivation in India has been taken up during the recent years by progressive farmers of  Punjab, U.P, and Haryana. This oil finds extensive use for flavouring food products. India exports substantial quantities of the seed to U.S.A ,U.K, USSR and Japan for the extraction of oil and oleoresin. The celery plants a hardy biennial, occasionally, annual, widely cultivated for its fleshy leafstalk. In India, it is occurring wild and also is cultivated in the foothills of northwestern Himalaya and outlying hills of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Celery volatile oil show primarily the major compound such as D-limonene (60-70%) and Bita-selinene (10-20%)

INTRODUCTION:-

FAMILY:-                            Umbelliferae / Apiaceae.

We have 100% pure and natural celery seed and leaf oil. We are manufacture of celery seed oil in my Hydro-distillation plant.