This oil is produced by steam distillation of the fruits (seed) of either wild or cultivated Apium Graveolens, the celery plant. The extracted liquid is yellowish brown in colour and offers an aroma that is spicy, fresh yet characterised with a warm essence.
Celery is not just a vegetable used for salads and stir-fries, but it is a revered herb to the Chinese as early as in the 5th century and is even widely used in the Indian Ayurvedic medicinal area.
Ayurvedic physicians in India have used celery seeds for thousands of uears for water retention, indigestion. Celery seed oil is derived from the seed, and is found in foods, perfumes, and soaps.
Apperance:- yellowish to greenish brown clear liquid (est)
Odor:- fresh herbal green phenolic woody aromatic spicy balsamic
Specific Gravity:- 0.87000 to 0.91000 @ 25.00 C
Refractive Index:- 1.47700 to 1.49300 @ 20.00 C.
Optical Rotation:- +48.00 to +78.00
Acid Value:- 3.00 max. KOH/g
Solubility:- alcohol , water, 4.581 mg/L @ 25 C (est)
Extraction:- Celery seed oil is extracted using the fresh or dried plant and its seeds in the steam distillation process.
Composition:- Celery seed oil comprises various chemical components such as sedanolide, sedanonic anhydride, d-limonene, selinene and sesquiterpene alcohols. Besides, it can also contain fatty acids like linoleic, myristic, palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, petroselinic, oleic and myristoleic.
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Celery seeds are used as a stimulant and tonic in asthma and for liver diseases. As a domestic medicine, seeds are used as nervine, sedative and tonic. The celery seed oil is used as an anti-spasmodic and nerve stimulant. The oil has been successfully employed in rheumatoid arthritis and probably acts as an intestinal antiseptic.