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<paragraph pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Names.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Myanmar</emphasis>
:
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">kyet-hsu</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">kyetsu</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">thinbaw kyet-hsu</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">kyet-hsu yoe-ni</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">shapawing</emphasis>
(Kachin),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">tanah toung</emphasis>
(Mon),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">toon</emphasis>
(Mon),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">mai-kong-leng</emphasis>
(Shan).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">English</emphasis>
: castor bean, castor oil plant, wonder-tree.
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<paragraph pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Range.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Tropical Africa. Although found wild in nature, now cultivated widely for the extraction of oil from the seeds. In Myanmar, does well in Sagaing, Mandalay, and Shan; prefers a warm temperate climate, but can also thrive in hot and dry areas. Found growing naturally on the banks of rivers, lakes and streams.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Uses.</paragraph>
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Sweet and rather bitter with heating properties, the plant is considered difficult to digest but generally effective at increasing sperm, regulating bowel movements, and controlling flatulence and phlegm.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Leaf</emphasis>
: Used in remedies for headaches and in poultices for sores and wounds. A decoction of leaves reduced to one-third the starting volume is ingested to alleviate strong gas and phlegm; also used for testes enlargement, bladder aches and pains, sore throat, and bile problems.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Seed</emphasis>
: They and their oil (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">lethal in their natural form</emphasis>
) are used in oral medications
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">after detoxifying</emphasis>
. The detoxified, ground seeds are applied as a paste to neutralize venom from scorpion stings. They are also employed in anthelmintic remedies; and in medicines for flatulence, fever, cough, stomach bloating, liver disease, shooting abdominal pains, dysentery, back and bladder conditions, head-aches, asthma, leprosy, edema, and a general weakening malaise in men. Detoxified seed oil is additionally used to make laxative preparations, as well as to facilitate childbirth, and to strengthen hair.
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<paragraph pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="71" pageNumber="72">
Medicinal uses of this species in India are discussed in
<bibRefCitation author="Jain, SK" journalOrPublisher="Phytotherapy Research" pageId="173" pageNumber="174" refId="B50" refString="Jain, SK, DeFilipps, RA, 1991. Medicinal Plants of India. 2 Vols. Reference Publications, Inc, Algonac." title="Medicinal Plants of India. 2 Vols. Reference Publications, Inc, Algonac." year="1991">Jain and DeFilipps (1991)</bibRefCitation>
. Chemical constituents, pharmacological action, and medicinal use of this species in Indian Ayurveda are discussed in detail by
<bibRefCitation author="Kapoor, LD" journalOrPublisher="Phytotherapy Research" pageId="173" pageNumber="174" refId="B51" refString="Kapoor, LD, 1990. CRC Handbook of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton." title="CRC Handbook of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton." year="1990">Kapoor (1990)</bibRefCitation>
. Indigenous medicinal uses of this species in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India) are described by
<bibRefCitation author="Dagar, JC" journalOrPublisher="Chemical &amp; Pharmaceutical Bulletin" pageId="172" pageNumber="173" refId="B27" refString="Dagar, JC, Singh, NT, 1999. Plant Resources of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Enumeration and Utilisation of Vascular Plants). Vol. II. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, 281-987." title="Plant Resources of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Enumeration and Utilisation of Vascular Plants). Vol. II. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, 281 - 987." year="1999">Dagar and Singh (1999)</bibRefCitation>
. Medicinal uses of this species in China are discussed by
<bibRefCitation author="Duke, JA" journalOrPublisher="Lipid / Fett" pageId="172" pageNumber="173" refId="B34" refString="Duke, JA, Ayensu, ES, 1985. Medicinal Plants of China. 2 Vols. Reference Publications, Inc., Algonac." title="Medicinal Plants of China. 2 Vols. Reference Publications, Inc., Algonac." year="1985">Duke and Ayensu (1985)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="72" lastPageNumber="73" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">
The medicinal uses of this plant in the Caribbean region, as well as its chemistry, biological activity, toxicity and dosages, are discussed by
<bibRefCitation author="Germosen-Robineau, L" journalOrPublisher=".. y Tienen Faxones y Fabas Muy Diversos de Los Nuestros ... '' Origin, Evolution and Diversity of Cuban Plant Genetic Resources, Vol. 1. Institut fuer Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, Gatersleben" pageId="172" pageNumber="173" refId="B40" refString="Germosen-Robineau, L, 1997. Farmacopea Vegetal Caribena, (1st edn). Ediciones Emile Desormeaux, Fort-de-France." title="Farmacopea Vegetal Caribena, (1 st edn). Ediciones Emile Desormeaux, Fort-de-France." year="1997">
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(1997)
</bibRefCitation>
. Traditional medicinal uses, chemical constituents and pharmacological activity of this
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are discussed by
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-237-1" author="Ross, IA" journalOrPublisher="Drug Development Research" pageId="174" pageNumber="175" refId="B99" refString="Ross, IA, 2001. Medicinal Plants of the World, Volume 2: Chemical Constituents, Traditional and Modern Uses. Humana Press, Totowa. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-237-1" title="Medicinal Plants of the World, Volume 2: Chemical Constituents, Traditional and Modern Uses. Humana Press, Totowa." url="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-237-1" year="2001">Ross (2001)</bibRefCitation>
. The chemistry, pharmacology, history and medicinal uses of this species in Latin America are discussed in detail by
<bibRefCitation author="Gupta, MP" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society" pageId="173" pageNumber="174" refId="B42" refString="Gupta, MP, 1995. 270 Plantas Medicinales Iberoamericanas. Convenio Andres Bello (CYTED, SECAB, UNESCO), Bogota." title="270 Plantas Medicinales Iberoamericanas. Convenio Andres Bello (CYTED, SECAB, UNESCO), Bogota." year="1995">Gupta (1995)</bibRefCitation>
. Worldwide medicinal usage, chemical composition and toxicity of this species are discussed by
<bibRefCitation author="Duke, JA" journalOrPublisher="Lipid / Fett" pageId="172" pageNumber="173" refId="B32" refString="Duke, JA, 1986. CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida." title="CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida." year="1986">Duke (1986)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="72" pageNumber="73">
A pharmacognostical profile including medicinal uses of this plant in Africa is given in
<bibRefCitation author="Iwu, MM" journalOrPublisher="African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines" pageId="173" pageNumber="174" refId="B48" refString="Iwu, MM, 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida." title="Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida." year="1993">Iwu (1993)</bibRefCitation>
. The toxic properties, symptoms, treatment and beneficial uses of this plant, parts of which are poisonous, are discussed by
<bibRefCitation author="Nellis, DW" journalOrPublisher="Phytomedicine" pageId="174" pageNumber="175" refId="B80" refString="Nellis, DW, 1997. Poisonous Plants and Animals of Florida and the Caribbean. Pineapple Press Inc, Sarasota." title="Poisonous Plants and Animals of Florida and the Caribbean. Pineapple Press Inc, Sarasota." year="1997">Nellis (1997)</bibRefCitation>
. Data on the propagation, seed treatment and agricultural management of this species are given by
<bibRefCitation author="Katende, AB" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural Products" pageId="173" pageNumber="174" refId="B55" refString="Katende, AB, Birnie, A, Tengnaes, B, 1995. Useful Trees and Shrubs for Uganda: Identification, Propagation and Management for Agricultural and Pastoral Communities. SIDA, Nairobi." title="Useful Trees and Shrubs for Uganda: Identification, Propagation and Management for Agricultural and Pastoral Communities. SIDA, Nairobi." year="1995">Katende et al. (1995)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation author="Bekele-Tesemma, A" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Herbs, Spices &amp; Medicinal Plants" pageId="171" pageNumber="172" refId="B9" refString="Bekele-Tesemma, A, 1993. Useful Trees and Shrubs for Ethiopia - Identification, Propagation and Management for Agricultural and Pastoral Communities. SIDA, Nairobi, Kenya." title="Useful Trees and Shrubs for Ethiopia - Identification, Propagation and Management for Agricultural and Pastoral Communities. SIDA, Nairobi, Kenya." year="1993">Bekele-Tesemma (1993)</bibRefCitation>
. Details of the active chemical compounds, effects, herbal usage and pharmacological literature of this plant are given in
<bibRefCitation author="Fleming, T" journalOrPublisher="ARS Pharmaceutica" pageId="172" pageNumber="173" refId="B36" refString="Fleming, T, 2000. PDR for Herbal Medicines (2nd edn). Medical Economics Company, Montvale." title="PDR for Herbal Medicines (2 nd edn). Medical Economics Company, Montvale." year="2000">Fleming (2000)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="72" pageNumber="73">
The plant and its seeds can cause skin irritation (contact dermatitis). &quot;The pomace (residue after extracting the oil from castor beans) can cause asthma, urticaria, and dermatitis among castor oil extractors
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(Castor oil used in) lipstick can also be the source of contact dermatitis resulting in cheilitis
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Cases of allergy to castor oil, contact dermatitis of the face due to a makeup remover and contact dermatitis due to sulfonated castor oil have recently been described
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Ricinoleic acid has been claimed to be the agent causing lipstick dermatitis.&quot; The seed contains a poisonous substance, the protein
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, which is not present in castor oil, but is &quot;probably responsible for certain allergies related to the plant&quot; (
<bibRefCitation author="Benezra, C" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Herbs, Spices &amp; Medicinal Plants" pageId="171" pageNumber="172" refId="B10" refString="Benezra, C, Ducombs, G, Sell, Y, Foussereau, J, 1985. Plant Contact Dermatitis. B.C. Decker Inc., Toronoto." title="Plant Contact Dermatitis. B. C. Decker Inc., Toronoto." year="1985">Benezra et al. 1985</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="72" pageNumber="73">
It has been reported that
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Ricin”">&quot;Ricin&quot;</normalizedToken>
, a white crystalline compound isolated from castor beans (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Ricinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ricinus communis" order="Malpighiales" pageId="72" pageNumber="73" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="communis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">Ricinus communis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), is listed by the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation, USA) as the third most
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">poisonous</emphasis>
substance known, behind plutonium and the botulism toxin. Toxicity of this species is discussed by
<bibRefCitation author="Bruneton, J" journalOrPublisher="Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University" pageId="172" pageNumber="173" refId="B17" refString="Bruneton, J, 1999. Toxic Plants, Dangerous to Humans and Animals. Intercept-Lavoisier, Paris." title="Toxic Plants, Dangerous to Humans and Animals. Intercept-Lavoisier, Paris." year="1999">Bruneton (1999)</bibRefCitation>
. Ricin and ricinine contained in the seeds and leaves make this one of the most toxic plants known, and as noted by
<bibRefCitation author="Lan, CG" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural Products" pageId="174" pageNumber="175" refId="B63" refString="Lan, CG, Chang, S, Keat, GCK, Leng, HGK, Yee, HK, 1998. A Guide to Toxic Plants of Singapore. Singapore Science Centre, Singapore." title="A Guide to Toxic Plants of Singapore. Singapore Science Centre, Singapore." year="1998">Lan et al. (1998)</bibRefCitation>
: &quot;A single seed of 0.25 g contains a lethal dose. The toxins are stable to proteolytic enzymes and hence are not destroyed when taken orally.&quot;
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<subSubSection pageId="72" pageNumber="73" type="references">
<paragraph pageId="72" pageNumber="73">References.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="72" pageNumber="73">
<bibRefCitation author="Nordal, A" journalOrPublisher="Taxon" pageId="174" pageNumber="175" refId="B85" refString="Nordal, A, 1963. The Medicinal Plants and Crude Drugs of Burma. Hellstrom &amp; Nordahls Boktrykkeri, Oslo." title="The Medicinal Plants and Crude Drugs of Burma. Hellstrom &amp; Nordahls Boktrykkeri, Oslo." year="1963">Nordal (1963)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="Agricultural Corporation" journalOrPublisher="Phytotherapy Research" pageId="171" pageNumber="172" refId="B3" refString="Agricultural Corporation, 1980. Burmese Medicinal Plants. Agricultural Corporation, Rangoon. [In Burmese]" title="Burmese Medicinal Plants. Agricultural Corporation, Rangoon. [In Burmese]" year="1980">Agricultural Corporation (1980)</bibRefCitation>
.
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