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unusual facts about castor oil



Asterix and Obelix's Birthday: The Golden Book

But the centurions, to whom he had entrusted the mission, drank the wine as a toast to Caesar's health, which had in fact was castor oil (Ricin), and then won a nice trip to the latrine.


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Kolliphor EL

The resulting product is a mixture (CAS number 61791-12-6): the major component is the material in which the hydroxyl groups of the castor oil triglyceride have ethoxylated with ethylene oxide to form polyethylene glycol ethers.