"Ricinus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. The seed of Ricinus communis is the CASTOR BEAN which is the source of CASTOR OIL; RICIN; and other LECTINS.
| Descriptor ID |
D012278
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.350.650
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| Concept/Terms |
Ricinus communis- Ricinus communis
- Castor Oil Plant
- Castor Oil Plants
- Plant, Castor Oil
- Plants, Castor Oil
- Castor Bean Plant
- Castor Bean Plants
- Plant, Castor Bean
- Plants, Castor Bean
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ricinus" by people in Profiles.
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Singh R, Jha AB, Misra AN, Sharma P. Differential responses of growth, photosynthesis, oxidative stress, metals accumulation and NRAMP genes in contrasting Ricinus communis genotypes under arsenic stress. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2019 Oct; 26(30):31166-31177.