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Castor oil
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About This Item
biological source
Ricinus communis
Quality Segment
form
liquid
optical activity
[α]20/D +5°, c = 5 in ethanol
refractive index
n
bp
313 °C (lit.)
density
0.961 g/mL at 25 °C
lipid type
oils
SMILES string
O(C(COC(=O)CCCCCCC\C=C/CC(O)CCCCCC)COC(=O)CCCCCCC\C=C/CC(O)CCCCCC)C(=O)CCCCCCC\C=C/CC(O)CCCCCC
InChI
1S/C57H104O9/c1-4-7-10-31-40-51(58)43-34-25-19-13-16-22-28-37-46-55(61)64-49-54(66-57(63)48-39-30-24-18-15-21-27-36-45-53(60)42-33-12-9-6-3)50-65-56(62)47-38-29-23-17-14-20-26-35-44-52(59)41-32-11-8-5-2/h25-27,34-36,51-54,58-60H,4-24,28-33,37-50H2,1-3H3/b
InChI key
ZEMPKEQAKRGZGQ-AAKVHIHISA-N
Application
Castor oil is a triglyceride obtained from Ricinus communis. It has been used to study its impact on rat lens condition. Castor oil has also been used as a test reagent for studying the dose-response relationship and mechanism of action of Saccharomyces boulardii by utilizing the rat model of castor oil-induced diarrhea.
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Storage Class
10 - Combustible liquids
wgk
awg
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
ppe
Eyeshields, Gloves
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