CURRY LEAF OIL

(Murraya Koenigii)

 pure curry leaf oil / curry herb oil

Appearance: Clear liquid

Aroma: Curry leaf essential oil is a blend of sweet & spicy, with a bitter tone characteristic of some spices

Color: Pale yellow

Chemical constituents: Curry leaf oil has various chemical compounds that include  β-caryophyllene , β-gurjunene , β-elemene , β-phellandrene , β-thujene , α-selinene , β-bisabolene , furthermore limonene, β-trans-ocimene & β-cadinene.

Extraction :Steam distillation of leaves

Pharmaceutical uses :

Diabetes : Curry leaf oil is found to be used in the cure of diabetes.

The curry leaf tree contains special compounds that inhibit the enzyme. This means that the rate at which starch is broken down by the enzyme can be slowed.This is potentailly a breakthrough for diabetes sufferers. Slowing the rate of starch breakdown, by blocking the alpha-amylase enzyme,   It may not be too long before the curry leaf emerges as a new innovative medicine.

It has also been found to prevent  hair loss &  as a means of helping the skin maintain it’s natural pigmentation.

Flavor industry :

The leaf are extensively used for flavoring curries, pickles, soups, chutneys.Curry leaves are extensively used in South India & Sri Lanka. They are particularly used in South Indian cooking to provide a flavouring for curries, vegetable, fish & meat dishes, soups (rasams), pickles, butter milk preparations, chutneys, scrambled eggs & curry powder blends.They are mainly used fresh, but are also used dried or powdered. For some recipes, the leaves are oven-dried or toasted immediately before use. Another common technique is short frying in butter or oil. The main applications are thin lentil or vegetable curries and stuffings for samosas. Because of their soft texture, they are not always removed before serving.In India the leaves are sold in markets still attached to the stem. In Europe they are generally sold as dried leaves but some are imported fresh. It is also an excellent source of dried spices used in western countries. Curry leaf is mainly a culinary plant.

Other uses :

It is cultivated as an ornamental plant throughout South Asia.The wood is greyish-white, hard, close-grained & durable. It has been used to make agricultural tools.

Fresh leaves are steam distilled to produce an oil which is used for the production of soap.Volatile oil is used as a fixative for soap perfume.