CASTOR OIL
CASTOR OIL
BASIL OIL BOTANICAL NAME : Ricinus communis
CASTOR OIL
BASIL OIL BOTANICAL NAME : Ricinus communis
• A pale yellow oil obtained from castor beans, used as a purgative, a lubricant, and in manufacturing oil-based products. Castor oil is a vegetable oil obtained by pressing the seeds of the castor oil plant (Ricinus communis).
• The common name "castor oil", from which the plant gets its name, probably comes from its use as a replacement for castoreum, a perfume base made from the dried perineal glands of the beaver.
• Castor oil is a colorless to very pale yellow liquid with a distinct taste and odor once first ingested.
BENEFITS
• In the food industry, castor oil (food grade) is used in food additives, flavorings, candy (e.g., polyglycerol polyricinoleate or PGPR in chocolate), as a mold inhibitor, and in packaging. Polyoxyethylated castor oil (e.g., Kolliphor EL) is also used in the food industries
• It has anti-fungal agent, a mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy, an immunosuppressant drug widely used in connection with organ transplant to reduce the activity of the patient's immune system
METHOD OF EXTRACTION
Cold Pressed
PACKAGING
This oil comes packaged in plastic bottles and glass bottles
SUGGESTED USE
Food and Cosmetic use
TYPICAL ANALYSIS
Ricinoleic Acid -85-95%
Oleic Acid -2-6 %
Linoleic Acid- 1-5%
Stearic Acid – 0.5-1%
Palmitic Acid- 0.5-1%
Dihydroxystearic Acid- 0.3-0.5%
Others- 0.2-0.5%