Category: R

12-hydroxy-9-octadecanoic acid; an unsaturated hydroxy acid comprising about 80% of fatty acids in the glycerides of castor oil. It has a strong laxative action.  

A poisonous alkaloid present in the leaves and seeds of the castor bean plant, Ricinus communis.  

A white, amorphous, highly toxic protein present in the seed of the castor bean, Ricinus communis. It has been used as a biological weapon.  

A nucleotide in which the sugar ribose is combined with the purine or pyrimidine base.  

A water-soluble vitamin of the B complex group. It is an orange-yellow crystalline powder. Symptoms of riboflavin deficiency are photophobia, cheilosis, glossitis, and seborrheic dermatitis, especially of the face and scalp.  

Wrinkling of the cornea, which occurs when tension in the eyeball is greatly diminished, particularly after the escape of aqueous or vitreous humor; usually a sign of impending death. A wrinkling, notably of the cornea, often seen as a sign of impending death.  

A method preventing pregnancy that uses abstinence from sexual relations around the time of ovulation.  

Overuse or improper utterance of “r” sounds.  

The mechanism by which ferritin is transferred from macrophages in the bone marrow to normoblasts.  

One of two muscles beneath the trapezius muscle.