A simple and rapid polarimetric method for quantitative determination of castor oil

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 397-398

  Babu, S ^a   Sudershan, R V ^a   Sharma, R K ^a   Bhat, Ramesh V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Castor oil; Edible oil adulteration; Optical rotation; Polarimetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 3343009737     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02523438     Document Type: Article

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