What is Castor plant?
The Castor oil plant, Ricinus communis, is a species belonging to flowering plant in the spurge family of Euphorbiacea, Which is a large family of flowering plants consisted of 300 genera and around 7,500 species. Castor plant belongs to a monotypic genus, Ricinus and subtribe, Ricininae.
What is scientific classification of castor plant?
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Acalypheae
Subtribe: Ricininae
Genus: Ricinus
Species: R. communis
What are chemical constituent of castor seeds?
Three terpenoids
Tocopherol-related compound have been found in the aerial parts of Ricinus communis.
Compounds named (3E,7Z,11E)-19-hydroxycasba-3,7,11-trien-5-one, 6α-hydroxy-10β-methoxy-7α,8α-epoxy-5-oxocasbane-20,10-olide, 15α-hydroxylup-20(29)-en-3-one, and (2R,4aR,8aR)-3,4,4a,8a-tetrahydro-4a-hydroxy-2,6,7,8a-tetramethyl-2-(4,8, 12-trimethyltridecyl)-2H-chromene-5,8-dione were isolated from the methanol extracts of Ricinus communis by chromatographic methods