Physiochemical Properties:

• Colour: Golden Yellow to Reddish Brown
• Odour: Woody, root-like, earthy, and mildly sweet.
• Specific Gravity at 20°C: 0.9500 to 0.9600
• Refractive Index at 20°C: 1.4900 to 1.5100
• Optical Rotation: 15 to 22

Main Constituents:

Uses:

• For perfume composition it blends well with many types of scents particularly orris etc.
• It is also used to liquor flavor.
• This Carrot Seed essential oil can help you retain your youth and look refreshingly young. Anti-oxidants in it repair all the damages done to your tissues by the oxidants (free radicals) and stop them from doing further harm. These anti-oxidants do not let your skin go wrinkled, your hair white, joints go immovable, your muscles go loose and your eyes lose eyesight.
• Carrot Seed Oil has ability to detoxify the blood, tissues, muscles and internal organs like liver and kidneys.
• It removes accumulation of toxins like uric acid from the blood, tissues, muscles, and joints, thereby helping cure edema, arthritis, gout, rheumatism etc.
• Carrot Seed Oil is aromatic stimulant and carminative (NADKARNI, 1954)

Odour Profile:

Woody, root-like, earthy, and mildly sweet.