Detoxification of castor seed meal by interaction with sal seed meal

Abstract

Castor (Ricinus communis) seed meal was detoxified by a novel method of wet mixing with sal (Shorea robusta)seed meal so that the toxic constituents of castor seed meal were neutralized by tannins, the toxicants present in the sal seed meal. The resulting product was innocuous, as revealed in the feeding studies in rats. The nutritional benefit of the treated material is improved by synergistic action of a protein such as casein. The aqueous extract of castor seed meal produced a smooth-muscle stimulant effect, whereas this effect was not observed with the extract from treated meal. This is a new concept of neutralization of two toxins by each other in two seed meals. The method can be employed to investigate the suitability of such a processed seed meal as an animal feedstuff ingredient.KEY WORDS: Allergen, castor seed meal, detoxification, ricin, ricinine, sal seed meal, tannin.Currently, India is the largest producer of castor seed ~icinus communis) in the world. The whole seeds yield

Characterization and evaluation of antibacterial and antiproliferative activities of crude protein extracts isolated from the seed of Ricinus communis in Bangladesh

“…R. communis is a soft wooden flowering perennial shrub, commonly known as castor, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions including Bangladesh. Currently, R. communis grows worldwide on industrial scale for the production of ricinoleic acid rich castor oil (seed contain 40 % oil) [ 15 , 16 ]. Castor oil along with other castor products has wide range of industrial applications such as lubricants [ 16 ], cosmetics and plastics.…”

Correlations and path analysis on oil content of castor genotypes

“…It is used in the production of lubricants, paints, soaps and pharmaceuticals. India is the largest producer of castor seed and the United States imports 44.000 mega grams of castor oil annually (GHANDI et al, 1994, ADEYANJU et al, 2010TORRES et al, 2014TORRES et al, , 2015.…”

Suicidal death after injection of a castor bean extract (Ricinus communis L.)

“…A lethal dose of ricin by means of injection is estimated to be 0.01 mg/kg for an adult [9]. Reported contents in the castor bean vary between 1% and 5% for ricin, and between 0.3% and 0.8% for ricinine [9,[19][20][21][22]. Considering the lethal dose of ricin by injection, the ratio (1:5) of ricin to ricinine in castor bean and, given that ricinine contributes to the toxicity of the castor bean, a lethal castor bean poisoning was expected based on the level of ricinine in the extract and the statement of the patient.…”