Description

Ajowan oil, Ajowan Terepene oil is exacted by steam distillation of the crushed seeds of Ajowan.
Ajowan oil is the oil distilled from theAjowan (Carum copticum) seeds. Ajowan oil. These seeds used to make Ajowan oil are small and like caraway. Ajowan oil is mainly cultivated in Persia and India. Ajowan oil is a major source of thymol which gives Ajowan oil its medical virtues.
It  is cultivated in black soil particularly along the riverbank throughout India and also Iran, Egypt and Afghanistan. It is a small, erect, annual shrub with soft fine hairs. The fruits are minute, egg shaped and grayish. Ajowan is pungent and bitter in taste and have  spasmodic, germicidal, antiseptic, digestive, antipyretic, expectorant and tonic properties. Ajowan seeds consist of moisture, protein, fat, minerals, fiber, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, thiamin, riboflavin and niacin. This is precious and well known in medicinal drug on account of the comportment known as thyme acid. The Ajowan oil is an almost colorless to brownish liquid with characteristic odor and a sharp hot taste.