Castor Oil
"Castor Oil" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Oil obtained from seeds of Ricinus communis that is used as a cathartic and as a plasticizer.
| Descriptor ID |
D002368
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.212.507.300 D10.627.700.132 D20.215.784.750.132
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Cooper SE, Durairaj VD, Ramakrishnan VR. Infectious Complication Following Midface Reconstruction With Calcified Triglyceride. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Nov-Dec; 31(6):e157-9.