of or relating to ricinoleic acid or something derived from it
ricinoleic in American English
(ˌrɪsənouˈliɪk, -ˈnouliɪk)
adjective
Chemistry
of or derived from ricinoleic acid
Word origin
[1840–50; ‹ L ricin(us) castor-oil plant + oleic]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: colloid, flan, layout, striation, warmup
Examples of 'ricinoleic' in a sentence
ricinoleic
Castor oil has ricinoleic acid that serves to protect the skin.
Asri Widyasanti, Shayana Junita, Sarifah Nurjanah 2017, 'Pengaruh Konsentrasi Minyak Kelapa Murni (Virgin Coconut Oil) dan Minyak Jarak (CastorOil) terhadap Sifat Fisikokimia dan Organoleptik Sabun Mandi Cair', Jurnal Teknologi dan Industri Pertanian Indonesiahttp://jurnal.unsyiah.ac.id/TIPI/article/view/6383. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Among its production derivates the ricinoleic acid stands out as a substitute for petroleum derivates.
Genival Barros Junior, Hugo O. C. Guerra, Mario L. F. Cavalcanti, Rogério D. de Lacerda 2008, 'Consumo de água e eficiência do uso para duas cultivares de mamona submetidas a estressehídrico Water consumption and water use efficiency of two castor bean cultivars submittedto water stress', Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental - Agriambihttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43662008000400003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Chemical modifications in the ricinoleic acids were carried out using long-chain alcohols in esterification reactions.
F. Murilo T. Luna, Davi Costa Salmin, Vanessa S. Santiago, Francisco J. N. Maia, FranciscoO. N. Silva, Selma E. Mazzetto, Célio L. Cavalcante 2019, 'Oxidative Stability of Acylated and Hydrogenated Ricinoleates Using Synthetic andNatural Antioxidants', Journal of Chemistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3973657. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Almost all ingredients significantly decreased along with seed maturation, except for ricinoleic acid, which increased greatly from 6.7% to 86.8%.
Fenglan Huang, Mu Peng, Xiaofeng Chen, Guorui Li, Jianjun Di, Yong Zhao, Lifeng Yang,Ruihui Chang, Yongshen Chen 2018, 'cDNA-AFLP analysis of transcript derived fragments during seed development in castorbean (Ricinus communis L.)', Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipmenthttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13102818.2018.1506710. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
New candidate genes have been identified which might further improve the level of ricinoleic acid in transgenic crops.
Adrian P Brown, Johan T M Kroon, David Swarbreck, Melanie Febrer, Tony R Larson, IanA Graham, Mario Caccamo, Antoni R Slabas 2012, 'Tissue-specific whole transcriptome sequencing in castor, directed at understandingtriacylglycerol lipid biosynthetic pathways.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3272049?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)