Biodiesel has huge potentials as a green and technologically feasible alternative to fossil
diesel. However, biodiesel production from edible oil crops has been widely criticized while …

Since prehistoric times, medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) have been employed for
various therapeutic purposes due to their varied array of pharmaceutically relevant bioactive …

Phytoremediation is a plant based environmental cleanup technology to contain (rendering
less toxic), sequester and degrade contaminated susbtrates. As can be seen from data …

Ricin is a highly toxic ribosome-inactivating lectin occurring in the seeds of castor bean
(Ricinus communis L.). Castor bean grows throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions and …

Worldwide, castor (Ricinus communis L.) is used as a major industrial nonedible oilseed
crop due to its unique oil component, ricinoleic acid. Despite the high demand, traditional …

The objective of this work was to characterize 203 lineages and five parents of Ricinus
communis L. from the germplasm bank at the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia …

Castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) is a multipurpose crop; its oil has numerous applications
worldwide and the last decade demonstrated a growing international demand. The aim of …

In 2009, big challenges facing the agricultural sector in the twenty-first century were
presented to the world. Human population growth, increased life expectancy, loss of …

Castor bean is an important seed oil crop. Castor oil is a highly demanded oil for several
industrial uses. Currently, castor bean varieties suffer from low productivity and high risk of …

Genetic manipulation is a strong tool for modifying crops to produce a considerably wider
range of valuable products which gratifies human health benefits and industrial needs …