Aromatic Castor Oil
»Aromatic Castor Oil is Castor Oil containing suitable flavoring agents.It contains not less than 95.0percent of castor oil.
Packaging and storage— Preserve in tight containers.
Alcohol content,Method Iá611ñ: not more than 4.0%of C2H5OH.
Assay— Proceed as directed in the Assayunder Castor Oil Emulsion,using about 100mg of Aromatic Castor Oil,accurately weighed.Calculate the quantity,in mg,of castor oil in the portion of Aromatic Castor Oil taken by the formula:
qr(RA/RS),
in which qris the weight,in mg,of castor oil taken for the standard,and RAand RSare the ratios of the peak responses due to castor oil and internal standard obtained from the Aromatic Castor Oil and the standard,respectively.
Auxiliary Information— Staff Liaison:Gabriel I.Giancaspro,Ph.D.,Senior Scientist and Latin American Specialist
Expert Committee:(DSB)Dietary Supplements:Botanicals
USP28–NF23Page 368
Phone Number:1-301-816-8343