Carum carvi extract

Product Name:Carum carvi extract

Product Description:It is native to Europe and West Asia. It grows wild in Himachal Pradesh and is cultivated in the hills (as summer crop) and in plains of North India (as annual winter crop) and in the hills of South India.

Principal Constituent:The dried and crushed seeds, on steam distillation, gave a pale yellow to light brown essential oil (known as CARAWAY OIL) with a strong aromatic odour. Carvone and limonene are the chief constituents of the oil and its odour and flavor are mainly attributed to them.

Medicinal Uses:Caraway oil is primarily used like caraway seeds in food products and in medicine as carminative. Both the seeds and the essential oil (caraway oil) are classed as carminative in the I.P. and prescribed in flatulent colic and stomach derangement.