Carrot seed (Daucus carota) essential oil in clear glass vial

Carrot seed oil is the essential oil extract of the seed from the carrot plant Daucus carota. The oil has a woody, earthy sweet smell[1] and is yellow or amber-coloured to pale orange-brown in appearance. The pharmacologically active constituents of carrot seed extract are three flavones: luteolin, luteolin 3'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, and luteolin 4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside.[2] Rather than the extract the distilled (ethereal) oil is used in perfumery and food aromatization. The main constituent of this oil is carotol.[citation needed]

Pressed carrot seed oil is extracted by cold-pressing the seeds of the carrot plant. The properties of pressed carrot seed oil are quite different from those of the essential oil.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fischer-Rizzi, Susanne (1990) [1989]. Complete Aromatherapy Handbook: Essential Oils for Radiant Health. Translated by Elisabeth E. Reinersmann. Sterling Publishing. p. 196. ISBN 0-8069-8222-5.
  2. ^ Y. Kumarasamy; L. Nahar; M. Byres; A. Delazar; S.D. Sarker (2005). "The assessment of biological activities associated with the major constituents of the methanol extract of 'wild carrot' (Daucus carota L) seeds". Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy. 5 (1): 61–72. doi:10.1080/j157v05n01_07. PMID 16093236. S2CID 8166649.
  3. ^ Lucy Yu Liangli; Kevin Zhou Kequan; John Parry (2005). "Antioxidant properties of cold-pressed black caraway, carrot, cranberry, and hemp seed oils". Food Chemistry. 91 (4): 723–729. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2004.06.044.
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