Accession Number:

ADA584836

Title:

Chemical Investigations of the Castor Bean Plant Ricinus communis

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA) HUMAN PROTECTION AND PERFORMANCE DIV

Personal Author(s):

• Ovenden, Simon P.
• Bagas, Christina K.
• Bourne, David J.
• Pigott, Eloise J.
• Roberts, Warren

Report Date:

2012-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

71.0

Abstract:

In 2009 a National Security Science and Technology grant was awarded to the Human Protection and Performance Division for the investigation of several forensic aspects of the castor bean plant Ricinus communis. A major focus of this grant was to understand the chemical composition of the seeds, and to ascertain if these differences could be used for provenance classification. This technical report will discuss progress made during these investigations.

Descriptors:

• *BEAN PLANTS
• *CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
• *CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
• *SEEDS
• AUSTRALIA
• CHROMATOGRAPHY
• RICIN
• SPECTROMETRY
• SPECTROSCOPY

Subject Categories:

• Agronomy, Horticulture and Aquiculture
• Inorganic Chemistry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE