Product Description

Carrot Seed Oil Latin name: Daucas carota var. sativa. Chinese name: hu luo bo zi you Part used: Seed Extract Method: Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Fluid Physical state and appearance:Oil,Sweet, somewhat oily, musky Color:Light Yellow Main ingredients: Carotene CAS #:8015-88-1 Molecular Formula: C40H56 Molecular Weight: 536.88 Refractive Index at 20°C :1.4900 to 1.5000 Specific gravity at 20°C : 0.905 to 0.9454 Optical Rotation : +15° to +30° Acid No. : up to 4. Flash point : 61°C Description : Carrot seed oil is extracted from Daucus carota from the Apiaceae family . It is an annual or biennial herb with hairy leaves and umbels of white lacy flowers with purple centers.Carrot seed oil is an essential oil extract that is steam distilled from the seeds of the wild carrot plant (Duacus carota), also known as Queen Annes lace. This herb has hairy leaves and lacy white flowers. The oil extract is usually yellow to amber in color and has a mildly sweet, yet earthy aroma. However, many people prefer to enhance this aroma by combining the oil with other fragrances like geranium, citrus, violet, and mimosa.Our carrot seed oil is extracted by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Fluid. It is a new method of extraction using carbon dioxide gas which is kept under high pressure at a constant temperature. It have fresher, cleaner, and crisper aromas than steam-distilled essential oils, and they smell more similar to the living plants because high heat is not used. Description of Oil: Generally, carrot seed yields a golden yellow or amber-colored to pale, orange-brown oil with a woody, root-like, earthy odor. The initial notes are sweet and fresh with a tenacious and lasting heavy, earthy, fatty, slightly spicy undertone. The smell is reminiscent of that associated with the edible orange root. Chemical composition: The main chemical properties of Carrot seed oil include: Acetic, Pinene, Carotol, Asarone, Limonene and Bisabolene History, Folklore and Myth: The carrot is said to have originated in Afganistan, was known to the Greeks and Romans and has now spread throughout Europe. The more familiar, edible, orange root was developed by the Dutch in the seventeenth century. The wild flower, Queen Annes Lace was brought to the New World by English setters. In France, in the sixteenth century, carrots were prescribed for their carminative (relieves and promotes the expulsion of flatus or gas from the gastro-intestinal tract), stomachic (strengthens, stimulates, or tones the stomach) and hepatic (stimulates and aids function of liver & gallbladder) properties. In Traditional Chinese Medicine it is used to treat dysentery and to expel worms. Function: Carrot seed oil's greatest benefit lays in its purifying effect on the liver and the digestive system. It helps in the treatment of muscular aches and pains, skin problems and respiratory ailments. Carrot seed oil can be used in vapor therapy for: the liver, the digestive and respiratory systems, for muscle pains. Blen