Castor (Ricinus communis L.) is one of the most ancient medicinal oil crops in the world. It has been vastly distributed in different parts of Iran. In the present study, the inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers were used to evaluate the molecular genetic diversity among and within 12 castor accessions collected from 7 regions of Iran. Totally, 16 ISSR primers amplified 166 loci...

seem to irritate, and might in that respect be considered a liquid vaseline, but purer. It was especially useful after alkaline baths in psoriasis. In the Practitioner for June there appeared an account by Dr Eoberts of Chester of forty-two cases in which he had employed this oil, to which he gave the name Oleum Deelinae. It appeared to be palliative and soothing. It was cheap, quite odourless,...

Continuous efforts are being made in some countries for the recovery of crude glycerin (RG/CG) and castor oil cake (COC), the two byproducts of biodiesel production. These are expected to help, not only in addressing environmental safety, but also in adding value to those byproducts, which otherwise may go to waste. Finding ways to utilize those byproducts underlines the main objective of this ...

given every hour, and an injection of castor oil, turpentine, and warm water was administered by means of the long tube after the manner of O'Beirne. Only the liquid injected came away without a particle of faecal matter. 7 o'clock p.m.?Continue rum and fomentations, and give strychnia Tg-th of a grain. 10 o'clock pm.?lias just had three copious stools; continue rum two drachms every six hours,...

instruction with the husband to send me word, if any graver symptoms make their appearance. 3 p.m.?Just, in the afternoon at 3 P.M. I was called again and I found her in tetanic fits (opisthotonos) lying on her head and heels, fits coming at. an interval of every five minutes. The power of deglutition partially impaired; pulse full and quick, 9G; temperature 101?. I gave her the following mixtu...

Sankar Dispensary, Tenali A child aged one year swallowed a small brass safety-pin on 8th October, 1933, at 11 a.m. I gave castor oil one ounce and by 3 p.m. he had three loose motions, but the pin was not passed. At ? i'-M. I administered half an ounce of isaphagul seeds well soaked in water. The next morning he passed a Ftool mainly composed of round masses the size of & small lime with some ...

Hydrogenated cardanol and cardols, contained in industrial grade cardanol oil and obtained by distillation of the raw "cashew nut shell liquid" (CNSL), are easily transformed into efficient 4-thiaflavane antioxidants bearing a long alkyl chain on A ring and a catechol group on B ring.

Sir,?I send you an extract from Herodotus describing how the early Egyptians protected themselves from mosquito bit and at the same time from malaria. The mesh of the hshing e must have been very fine to prevent the ingress of i^n0P'1? or Culex. The custom of sleeping on the flat roofs ot houses is still common in Egypt and the small tower risi ? above the roof is found in the representations o...

Castor oil plant seeds (Ricinus communis L.) were grown in spent lubricating oil (SLO) contaminated soil at concentrations of 1-6% (w/w, oil/soil). Plant height and stem girth were depressed by spent lubricating oil at concentrations of 2% (w/w) and above. One percent (1%) spent lubricating oil in soil promoted growth of plants when compared with control. Fresh and dry weights of R. communis pl...