Castor Oil

The latest supposedly green trend being touted in Africa as a climate-friendly energy alternative to fossil fuels are castor-oil plantations. Castor oil is considered a raw material for biofuels. Its ...

Castor oil is one of those ingredients that has become a staple in natural haircare. The product has been used for decades and people swear that it promotes hair’s growth, health, and moisture l...

The widespread usage of fossil fuels upset the earth’s carbon cycle. Climate change is the most serious environmental issue of the twenty-first century, and renewable resources must be exploited...

The death of a California woman has been attributed to an Asian supplement, Cao Bôi Trĩ Cây Thầu Dầu, a ‘castor oil hemorrhoid extract’ that is actually about 4% lead, a “highly dangerous ...

Doctors have issued a warning not to use castor oil as a way to treat vision problems following claims on TikTok. Castor oil is a type of vegetable oil traditionally used to treat a range of issues li...

PULLMAN, Wash. — Researchers have discovered a new mechanism of oil biosynthesis and found a way to genetically engineer a type of test plant to more efficiently produce different kinds of seed oil th...

Esters of fatty acids and alcohols have several real life applications, which include their use in lubricants, greases, plasticizers, resins and many others (Fu et al., 2019, Monteiro et al., 2024). E...

Cationic waterborne polyurethane (WPU) dispersions are distinguished by their quaternary ammonium groups, conferring a positive charge (Dong et al., 2018). This property grants polyurethane unique cha...

Here’s why castor oil is not suitable for cooking  The Indian Express Source link