Dill Seed Oil, Indian

Dill Seed Oil, Indian Dill Oil, Indian Type... 

Dill Seed Oil, Indian Type, occurs as a light yellow to light brown liquid with a rather harsh, caraway odor and flavor. It is the volatile oil obtained by steam distillation from the cmshed mature fruit of Indian Dill, Anethum sowa D.C. (Fam. Umbelliferae). It is soluble in most fixed oils and in mineral oil, occasionally with slight opalescence. It is sparingly soluble in propylene glycol and practically insoluble in glycerin. 

Synonyms dill oil, Indian type dill seed oil, Indian... 

Dill seed oil. Dill seed oil, European. See Dill (Anethum graveolens) seed oil Dill seed oil, Indian type. See Dill (Anethum sowa) seed oil... 

DILL APIOLE Up to 60% in Indian dill seed oil and in varying amounts in other parts and other species of dill. In various small amounts in fennel and carrot seed oils. 

Dill Seed Oil Anethum sown) It has been reported that the Indian species of dill oil has 1.0% anethole [ 12]... 

Now then, A sowa is another story. Various reports show little to none dillapiole in the herb oil, but Baslas reports that one Indian herb oil contained 8.6% [27]. Dill seed oil is the bomb, though. It consistently displays dill apiole content from 20.7 - 66.8% [28,29]. Lucky you, because the seed oil is the most common. 

Indian dill (A. sowa) is a smooth perennial herb, up to about 1 m high native to tropical Asia and widely cultivated in India and Japan. Part used is the dried ripe fruit (commonly called seed ) Indian diU seed oil (Indian dill oil or East Indian diU seed oil) is obtained by steam distillation of the crushed fruit. 

Indian dill seed oil consists mainly of carvone, dihydrocarvone, and limonene in varying amounts dillapiole (often in significant quantities) and apiole myristicin and others (list and horhammer). 

Dill seed oil has antibacterial properties, and Indian dill seed oil has antifungal activi-ties. The oxypeucedanins andfalcarindiol isolated from the whole herb were reported to exhibit antimycobacterial activity with MIC values between 2 and 128 llg/mL. ... 

Crude and oils. Dill seed oil, dillweed oil, and Indian dill seed oil are official in F. C. C., with ketone (as carvone) contents highest in diU seed oil and lowest in Indian diU seed oil. 

Comments Full line of essential oils including Indian Dill Seed (A. Sowa). Branches throughout the world. 

Indian Dili Seed Oil - contains up to 53% dill apiol (3,4-methyle-nedioxy-5,6-dimethoxy-alIylbenzene). Boiling point is 296° C with decomposition at normal pressure. Aspirator vacuum will distil it at about 170° C. Yields DMMDA-2, dosage about 50... 

The oil of ripe dill seeds consists mainly of (+)-limo-nene (up to 40%) and (+)-carvone (up to 60%). The so-called Indian dill oil distilled from the seeds of A. sowa contains carvone and limonene together with larger amounts of dill apiole. The organoleptic properties of both oils which are of less significance than the weed oil strongly resemble those of caraway oil. 

Dill, Indian, oil. See Dill (Anethum sowa) seed oil... 

At ordinary use levels, dill and Indian dill oils are considered nontoxic. However, a number of case reports and studies have been published about allergic reactions to dill seed and related herbs. " ... 

Indian dill oil is obtained by steam distillation of the seeds of a closely related plant, Anethum sow a Roxb. It contains also larger quantities of limonene and carvone [486]. 

The Indian Dill differs from our European variety in the essential oil contained in the seeds. 

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