It is a fixed oil obtained from matured seeds of Brassica nigra Koch or Brassica juncea L. Czern, belonging to family Cruciferae (Brassicaceae).
MUSTARD
Synonyms
Sarson ka tel.
Biological Source
It is a fixed oil obtained from matured seeds of Brassica nigra
Koch or Brassica
juncea L. Czern, belonging to family Cruciferae (Brassicaceae).
Geographical Source
It is cultivated in India, China, Canada and England.
Description
It is yellow coloured liquid of strong acrid odour until
refined, sp. gr. 0.914–0.923, saponification value 173–184, iodine value 96–194
and unsaponifiable matter 0.9–1.0%.
Chemical Constituents
Mustard oil contains glycerides of arachidic (0.5%), behenic
(2–3%), eicosenoic (7–8%), erusic (40–60%), lignoceric (1–2%), linoleic
(14–18%), linolenic (6.5–7.0%), oleic (20–22%) and myristic (0.5–10%) acids.
Black mustard seeds contain 35–40% of fixed oil and a
glycoside known as sinigrin alongwith an enzyme myrosin. Allyl isothiocynate is
responsible for the strong acrid smell of volatile oil of mustard produced on
hydrolysis of glycoside.
Uses
Fixed oil is used as edible oil after refining, but
medicinal properties are due to allyl isothiocynate, which is a local irritant
and emetic. If applied externally, it is rubefacient and vasicant. It is also
used as condiment and in manufacture of soap. Refined mustard oil is used in
vegetable ghee.
Marketed Products
Dabur Mustard oil is the one of the purest mustard oil that
has a variety of uses. It is also one of the ingredients of the preparation
known as Saaf Organic Eraser Body Oil.
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