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Commercial Notes oud Scientific Information 
50m: Essential Oils. 
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2 “Ajowan Oil. the Siuents to caliente: the Ajowan slant Carum dante Betis 
in Montserrat were further continued. The. yield per acre in 1918 was 360 to 471 Ibs. 
- of seed, against 1128 Ibs. per acre in the year preceding*). In view of the high costs et 
_in gathering the individual. seeds, an attemps was made to distil the oil from the 
complete plant containing the ripening fruit. Out of 100 Ibs., 14.2 ozs., 2. e. 0.9 per cent. 
of an oil was obtained with the following characteristics: ee 0.8740; @ + 0.58" 22", . 
Npao 1.4806; phenol content 23. 3 per cent. (2)), thymol content 1.57 per cent.*) Further 
the ripe uncrushed seeds were subjected to distillation yielding 2.5 per cent. of an oil, = ; 
having a thymol content of 36 per cent. Before, from the crushed: seeds 2.7 and 
y _ 3.1 per cent. of oil was obtained with 43 and 54 per cent. thymol content respectively ‘). a 
‘In trade two kinds of ajowan seed are recognized, “Indore” and “Kurnool”, the 
ss latter being the. better. The following table, which gives a survey of the quantities of 
3 ajowan seed exported from India since 1912, has been taken from the recently pues “ i 
_ Handbook of Commercial. Information Jon India, Calcutta 1919. : ae 
ee wr “Amount | Value Aa se 
eee oid Rae C2LOIO wt, IS G1 BE Roe esa 
. ONS Tare) 16 oes ae 9784. OSS. nee OC INS 
Bae PTAOTAMN Se ee 2368 ht hemes 2 GO «Clu Simic ti ae aia 
Ee ae [EAST TCRLRG Bearaeregn core eo 0, Vaca Ri et ABEL eee 
Bik RNGAE eS, Ge 4 008 eo ABO ieee 
eee MOLTO. pat hy BI90% Pe Os 
% Specs ei BLO EDs gis Ge cee - POUT: SUNS sit 12: 
a: Of the export which is not very important, 97 per cent. goes via Bombay, ties ae 
remainder via Calcutta; and only a very small quantity via Madras. Formerly 80 per cent. 
of the exported seed was used by Germany; at present, when, the pores is greatly ee 
3 diminished, about 25 per cent. ‘goes to Great Britain. 
spices (curry), Pan supari®) and Omam water. This liquid, obtained by distillation of 
_ seeds, is sold as an essential oil in all the larger cities of India, and together with 
_ cholera. 
a _ Apparently two firms i in India fave at last succeeded in | obtaining ihyraot crystals 
& from oes oil, which were formerly prepared in Germany only. 10500 Ibs. of these os 
he, AoA Report 1919, 5, 75. — %) This: appears to be a ariifter’ s error. — %) We obtained an oil from 
Be fresh plants cultivated in Miltitz, containing about 1 per cent. thymol, and small quantities of phellandrene 
> (Report October 1903, 78). — *% Perfum. Record 10 (1919), 214. '—° ) Pen Sooporee, prepared chiefly from 
fe, betel Meas and areca nuts, used for chewing, and also for ceremonial purposes in leave-taking. 
In its native country the seeds are used in great quantities for the preparation of na 
thymol (Ajwan-Ka- phal = * flowers of oo) is: used as a medicine, ceca for : 
