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MeSH Heading: Castor Oil
Tree Number(s): D10.212.507.300; D10.627.700.132; D20.215.784.750.132
Unique ID: D002368
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002368
Scope Note: Oil obtained from seeds of Ricinus communis that is used as a cathartic and as a plasticizer.
Pharm Action: Cathartics
Registry Numbers: 8001-79-4
CAS Type 1 Name: Castor oil
NLM Classification #: QV 75
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

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