Celery seed

U.S. Oleoresin Imports. Reports of the USDA Hst only paprika and black pepper oleoresins by name, and label all others, eg, capsicum, celery seed, and turmeric, as "other" (Table 3). The steady increase in the value of oleoresin imports is expected to continue. 

Celery Seed. Celery spice is the dried ripe fmit of y piumgraveolens L. (UmbeUiferae) a biennial, sometimes aimual, herb native to southern Europe and grown extensively in India, China, Mexico, and the United States. The seed is 0.42 cm long and brown. The odor of the seed is characteristic and warm and the taste somewhat bitter. It is used in tomato ketchup, sauces, soups, pickles, pastries, salads, and certain cheeses. 

But cocktails are part of the plan. Wolf s Royal Cream Soda is good, if you like cream soda (I do). For the record, it s kosher, too. The production of Absolut is supervised by Rabbi Moshe Edelmann in Sweden. Dr. Brown s Cream Soda, which originated in 1869 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, bears the KOF-K certificate of rabbinical supervision. Dr. Brown s drinks, including cherry soda and Cel-Ray Soda, a seltzer produced with celery seed, were most popular in Jewish delis before Coca-Cola became kosher, early in the 1930s. 

According to Cel-Ray soda historian Dennis Smith, Dr. Brown was either a beverage chemist, a doctor treating immigrant children on Manhattan s Lower East Side, or a work of fiction. First called Dr. Brown s Celery Tonic, the name was changed to Cel-Ray around 1930. In those days. Dr. Brown s Cel-Ray Tonic was sold in every Jewish deli in New York, and the drink contained celery seeds and sugar. In the early thirties, before Coca-Cola became kosher, many Jews started drinking Cel-Ray soda as well as Dr. Brown s cream and cherry sodas. 

Celery seed oil is obtained by steam distillation of the crushed, ripe seeds of field-grown celery, Apium graveolens L. (Apiaceae). It is an almost colorless to... 

Celery seed oil is used chiefly for flavoring foods, although small quantities are also used in perfumery. FCT 1974 (12) 849 [8015-90-5], [89997-35-3],... 

Celery seed Apium graveolens L. 3-Butylphthalide and sedaneno-lide (1.5-11), (+)-limonene (58-79), (3-selinene (5-20)... 

D.A. Moyler, CO2 extraction of essential oils Part III. pimento berry, coriander and celery seed oil, In Flavors and off-flavors, Developments in food science 24 (ed. G. Charalambous), Elsevier, Amsterdam, (1990) 263. 

Oils may contain toxic compounds. For example, Myristicin is the compound that flavors nutmeg and mace it is also found in black pepper and carrot, parsley, and celery seeds. Used in culinary quantities, myristicin is only a flavoring. In massive doses, it causes hallucination. Thujone, the anise-flavored oil in wormwood, caused an epidemic of brain disease in drinkers addicted to the now-banned liquor absinthe. Sassafras contains a toxic oil similar to thujone, which is why it is no longer used to make root beer. Very high doses of menthol, from peppermint, may cause dangerous irregularities in the heart s rhythm (Weiss, 1997)... 

In addition to Celery Seed, Pennyroyal and Red Sage, which have also definite medicinal purposes and are dealt with in the dictionary, the following list includes the remainder of the herbs used in the kitchen. In addition to being valuable as seasonings, their qualities as digestives make it desirable that they should be added to dishes wherever possible. The slightly medicinal action which entitles these culinary herbs to consideration as aids to digestion is shown ... 

Celery (Apium graveolens L.)—celery seed, celery seed extract solid, oil, oleoresin... 

Celery seed Immortelle absolute Mimosa absolute Benzoin siam... 

Contrasting with the somewhat harsh top note of the perfume are warm amber and animalic notes, and the powdery softness of orris and vanillin. Natural jasmin and tuberose may be used to give richness to the perfume. A trace of celery seed oil also forms an interesting accord with tuberose. 

Gershbein (1977) reported increases in the liver increment (the amount of tissue regenerated) in partially hepatectomized rats, by subcutaneous (sc) injection of oils of anise, fennel, tarragon, parsley seed, celery seed and... 

The leaves of celery are more nutritive than stalks, especially in vitamin A, protein and calcium. Traces of copper and arsenic have been reported in the tuberous root. The herb contains the glucoside apiin (Anon., 1952). A nutritive analysis of celery leaves is given in Table 22.1. Celery seeds are also nutritive. The major composition of the seeds is carbohydrate, followed by fat, protein and ash. They also contain micronutrients and vitamin A. Table 22.2 gives the composition of celery seeds as per ASTA and the USDA Agricultural Handbook. 

Table 22.2. Nutritional composition of celery seed (per 100g). ...

Sitosterol and stigmasterol were the major components of celery seed oil. The other components were cholesterol, brassicasterol, campesterol, 97-campesterol, 95-avenasterol, 97-stigmasterol and 9 7-avenasterol (Zlatanov and Ivanov, 1995). Oil bodies isolated from celery cell suspension cultures contained at least 60% of the total steryl ester present in the cells. Free sterols comprised < 0.5% of the total lipid in the oil body. Sterylesters constituted 4.5% of the total lipid of celery oil bodies. The proportion of precursor 4-methylsterols in the free sterol fraction of celery was greater in the oil body (Dyas... 

The phospholipid composition of glyceride oils from celery seeds indicated that the phospholipid content was 1.7-3.7% in glyceride oils and 0.2-0.5% in seeds. Phosphatidylcholine (38.5-51.1% in the phospholipids fraction), phosphatidyli-nositol (18.6-32.0%) and phosphatidyleth-anolamine (9.3-18.6%) were identified as major components in all the glyceride oils (Zlatanov, 1994). 

Celery contains 1.5—3.0% volatile oil, primarily containing about 60—70% d-limonene and 10—20% /i-selinene. The characteristic celery odour is thought to be due to oxygenated compounds present in the oil (sedanolide and sedanonic acid anhydride). Essential oil of celery seed is available however, the most common extractive form is the oleoresin, due to its fuller flavour. This product contains 12—16% volatile oil. 

Celery seeds shall be of three grades, namely, Special, Good or Fair. 

Celery seeds shall be packed in sound, clean and dry containers made of a material which shall protect celery seeds from insect infestation, as well as from any offensive odour. 

Representative samples of celery seeds shall be drawn according to IS 13145 1991. 

Table 22.5. Grade designations of celery seeds and their requirements (as per IS 3797 1993).

Kitajima, J., Ishikawa, T. and Satoh, M. (2003) Polar constituents of celery seed. Phytochemistry 64(5), 1003-1011. 

Papamichail, I., Louli, V. and Magoulas, K. (2000) Supercritical fluid extraction of celery seed oil. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids 1 8(3), 21 3-226. 

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