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castor oil
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vegetable oil obtained by pressing the seeds of the Castor plant, Ricinus communis
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Within Vinony's link graph, castor oil is referenced by 531 other articles, and connects out to laxative, Ricinus communis and vegetable oil.
It is catalogued under topics including Ayurvedic medicaments, Castor oil plant and Cosmetics chemicals.
Its subject is documented across 49 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
3,639 papers- Therapeutic potential of castor oil in managing blepharitis, meibomian gland dysfunction and dry eye.Clinical & experimental optometry · 2021
- Coconut, Castor, and Argan Oil for Hair in Skin of Color Patients: A Systematic Review.Journal of drugs in dermatology : JDD · 2022
- Preparation of Ricinoleic Acid from Castor Oil:A Review.Journal of oleo science · 2022
- Phase III trial of nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel compared with polyethylated castor oil-based paclitaxel in women with breast cancer.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2005
- Castor oil, bath and/or enema for cervical priming and induction of labour.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- ricinoleic acid
- Image
- Castor oil.jpg
- Has use
- cathartic
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- Commons category
- Castor oil
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C80990
- natural product of taxon
- Ricinus communis
- water footprint
- 24740
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Encyclopedic overview
Castor oil is a vegetable oil pressed from castor beans, the seeds of the plant Ricinus communis. The seeds are 40 to 60 percent oil. It is a colourless or pale yellow liquid with a distinct taste and odor. Its boiling point is 313 °C (595 °F) and its density is 0.961 g/cm. It includes a mixture of triglycerides in which about 90 percent of fatty acids are ricinoleates. Oleic acid and linoleic acid are the other significant components.
Some 270,000–360,000 tonnes (600×10^–790×10^ lb) of castor oil are produced annually for a variety of uses, including soaps, lubricants, hydraulic and brake fluids, paints, dyes, coatings, inks, cold-resistant plastics, waxes and polishes, nylon, and perfumes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “castor oil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.