Ajowan Oil

• Specific Gravity: 0.910 to 0.930 (0.925)
• Botanical name: Trachyspermum copticum
• Family: Apiaceae (parsley family)
• Extraction process: Steam distillation
• Blends well with: Parsley oil, Thyme oil, Sage oil
• Precautions: Avoid in Pregnancy

Botanical name: trachyspermum copticum
Family: Apiaceae (parsley family)
Description & extraction:
the ajowan essential oil is highly used in India for flavoring and for homemade medications from ancient times. It is basically used in a stomach ache. It is a perfumery raw material. The ajowan essential oil is highly valued in spasmodic, carminative and a good stimulant tonic. Ultimately beneficial for health. It is extracted by the steam distillation process.

Blends well with:
ajowan essential oils blend well together, parsley oil, thyme oil, sage oil etc.

Chemical composition:
50 % thymol, α-pinene, p-cymene, limonene, and γ-terpinene.

Toxicological Properties:
This valued considerably in medicine on account of the presence of thymol. The oil of ajwain is an almost colorless to brownish liquid with characteristic odor and a sharp hot taste. Ajwain is called omam in the southern part of India. Anti-microbial, antispasmodic, antiseptic, carminative, stimulant, germicide and tonic.

Uses & Precautions:
Avoid in Pregnancy, Used after consulting with Aromatherapist.

Summary:
Ajowain Oil, which is an essential oil, distilled from aerial parts (flowers, leaves) of ajowan. The plants are grown in Algeria, however, isothymol (50%) was earlier found to be the dominant constituent before the thymol, p-cymene limonene and ³-terpinene. This essential oil is spelled differently in various parts of India as well as the world.

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