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Food and Beverages > Food > Dietary Fats > Dietary Fats, Unsaturated > Sesame Oil
... > Physiological Phenomena > Diet, Food, and Nutrition > Food > Dietary Fats > Dietary Fats, Unsaturated > Sesame Oil
Lipids > Fats > Dietary Fats > Dietary Fats, Unsaturated > Sesame Oil
Complex Mixtures > Biological Products > Plant Preparations > Plant Oils > Sesame Oil
Lipids > Oils > Plant Oils > Sesame Oil
Lipids > Fats > Fats, Unsaturated > Sesame Oil

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Sesame Oil  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • an unsaturated fat

Scope note

  • The refined fixed oil obtained from the seed of one or more cultivated varieties of Sesamum indicum. It is used as a solvent and oleaginous vehicle for drugs and has been used internally as a laxative and externally as a skin softener. It is used also in the manufacture of margarine, soap, and cosmetics. (Dorland, 28th ed & Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

History note

  • 91(87)66; was see under PLANT OILS 1987-90; was heading 1966-86

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012715

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