Product Name: Celery
Botanical Name: Apium graveolens
Active Ingredients: celery oil( essential oils)
Appearance: Brown minute granules
Test Method: GC
Product Description
The celery plant (Apium graveolens) belonging to family Apiac eae is a hardy biennial, occasionally annual, widely cultivated for its fleshy leafstalk used as a vegetable and seeds which yield essential oil. The seed contains 2 – 3% essential oil and 17 – 18% fatty oil. The essential oil has d-selenene, sedlanolide and sedanoic acid anhydride contributing to its flavour and 60% of d-limonene.
The crop is cultivated mainly in the states of Punjab (Jallandhar, Gudaspur and Amritsar districts), Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh (Ladhwa and Saharanpur districts) over an area of about 5000 ha. About 90% of the total produce comes from Punjab.
2022 – Procurement started
2022 – we managed to procure 200 MT
We involved 1000-1500 farmers
Function
- Celery reduce Inflamation.
- This increased blood flow may lead to lower blood pressure.
- This extract could play a valuable role in both treating Alzheimer’s and preventing it from developing in the first place.
- Celery supports digestion
