Parsley Oil  

In culinary applications, freshly picked parsley is preferred for almost all cuisines across the world. The green colour and fresh aroma add extra flavour and richness to dishes and are popular since good olden times. Parsley oil exhibits antimicrobial, antiseptic, astringent, carminative, digestive, diuretic, and detoxifying properties which give more demand for its wide range of applications.

Parsley Essential Oil in Pharma

It also has aromatherapeutic uses and has been used to treat various illnesses, including jaundice and malaria. This oil also has antibacterial and antifungal properties that can help treat pimples, acne and skin infections, as well as disinfect pores.

Diluted parsley oil can also be massaged onto the scalp to help prevent hair loss.

Essence of Parsley Essential Oil                                      

In industrial applications, parsley oil is used as an ingredient for soaps, cosmetics, detergents, colognes and perfumes, especially men’s fragrances majorly accounting for its aroma.

Parsley oil can kill microbes and inhibit their growth giving protection from various infections and diseases.

Parsley essential oil helps detoxify body of toxins and refreshes blood. It also increases circulation, which helps relieve pain brought on by these ailments.

Parsley essential oil’s carminative properties can help relieve and treat indigestion, nausea, flatulence, vomiting and stomach aches.

COMMON USAGE

·        Relieves Arthritis

·        Pain Prevents Sepsis

·        Acts as an Astringent

·        Relieves Flatulence

·        Detoxifies Body

·        Improves Digestion

·        Promotes Urination

·        Depurative Agent

·        Acts as an Emmenagogue

·        Reduces Fever

·        Lowers Blood Pressure

·        Relieves Constipation

·        Stimulates Nerves

·        Protects Stomach

·        Improves Uterine Health

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TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Safety Summary                        

·        Hazards: Toxicity; may be abortifacient. Contraindications (all routes)

·        Cautions:  Pregnancy, breastfeeding.

Maximum adult daily oral dose 538 mg

Maximum dermal use level 14.6%.

Organ Specific Effects 

·        Adverse skin reaction: Undiluted parsley leaf oil was severely irritating to rabbits, but was not irritating to mice or pigs; tested at 2% on 25 volunteers it was neither irritating nor sensitizing. It is non-phototoxic. Parsley leaf oil typically contains 20 ppm bergapten. This is not sufficient to cause a phototoxic reaction, although it may contribute to the total psoralen content of a mixture.

·        Reproductive toxicity: Parsley is a commonly used abortifacient in South America. Apiole and various preparations of parsley have been used for many years to procure illegal abortion in Italy. Post-abortive vaginal bleeding, sometimes profuse, is a feature of these cases.

Systemic Effects

·        Acute Toxicity: Acute oral LD50 in rats 3.3 g/kg; acute dermal LD50 in rabbits >5 g/kg.

·       Carcinogenic/anti carcinogenic potential: Parsley leaf oil significantly induced glutathione S-transferase activity in mouse tissues. It contains no known carcinogens. Myristicin and (þ)-limonene display anti carcinogenic activity.

                                                         ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION

·        Ecotoxicity: no data available

·        Bioaccumulation: No data available

·        Mobility in soil: No data available

·        Persistence and degradability: No data available

·        PBT and vPvB assessment: No data available

·        Avoid direct exposure into water streams and ground water sources.