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Castor Oil

Known as: Oil, Castor, ricini oleum, oleum ricini 
A vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of the castor bean, Ricinus communis. Castor oil has many industrial applications and is used medicinally as a… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
How Taxol/paclitaxel kills cancer cells
  • B. Weaver
  • Molecular biology of the cell
  • 2014
  • Corpus ID: 11342439
Taxol (generic name paclitaxel) is a microtubule-stabilizing drug that is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Castor oil: a vital industrial raw material.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Extraction, Characterization and Modification of Castor Seed Oil
This paper carried out experimental study, through extraction and characterization of both crude and refined castor oil. Normal… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Optimization of biodiesel production from castor oil
The transesterification of castor oil with ethanol in the presence of sodium ethoxide as catalyst is an exceptional option for… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Phase III trial of nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel compared with polyethylated castor oil-based paclitaxel in women with breast cancer.
PURPOSE ABI-007, the first biologically interactive albumin-bound paclitaxel in a nanameter particle, free of solvents, was… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Solubilizing Excipients in Oral and Injectable Formulations
A review of commercially available oral and injectable solution formulations reveals that the solubilizing excipients include… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Kinetics of transesterification of soybean oil
Transesterification of soybean oil with methanol was investigated. Three stepwise and reversible reactions are believed to occur… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Nitric oxide and castor oil-induced diarrhea.
The effect of NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) on castor oil-induced diarrhea was studied in control rats and those… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Delay of castor oil diarrhoea in rats: a new way to evaluate inhibitors of prostaglandin biosynthesis
Forty‐four non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory compounds were tested for possible effects on castor oil‐induced diarrhoea in rats. A… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Enteropooling assay: a test for diarrhea produced by prostaglandins.
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