259853

Castor oil

• CAS Number: 8001-79-4
• UNSPSC Code: 12352211
• NACRES: NA.21
• EC Number: 232-293-8
• MDL number: MFCD00130746

Properties

• biological source: Ricinus communis
• Quality Segment: 200
• form: liquid
• optical activity: [α]20/D +5°, c = 5 in ethanol
• refractive index: n20/D 1.478 (lit.)
• 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

Description

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.

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 10 - Combustible liquids
• wgk: awg
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves