 Description : |
| A light golden coloured oil with pleasant aroma. Slightly soluble in alcohol, miscible with chloroform, solvent ether, light petroleum and carbon disulphide. Does not solidify when cooled to 0o |
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| Identification : |
| Shake 2 ml with 1 ml of HCl containing 1 % w/v solution of sucrose and allow to stand for five minutes; the acid layer acquires a pink colour and changes to red on standing (distinction from other fixed oils) |
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| Specific gravity : 0.9160- 0.91910. |
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| Refractive index : 1.4650 to 1.4665. |
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| Weight per ml : 0.916 to 0.921. |
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| Acid value : Not more than 2.0. |
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| Iodine value : Between 103 and 116. |
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| Saponification value : Between 188 and 195. |
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| Unsaponification value : Not more than 1.5 %. |
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| Cottonseed oil : Absent |
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| Therapeutic action : |
| Useful in fire burns, facial pulsy, fracture, toothache, itching, otalgia, weakness, paralysis, headache, ulcer etc. |
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