Chemical Investigations of the Castor Bean Plant Ricinus communis

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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA584836

Entities

People

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

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acetic Acid
  • Bean Plants
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Chemistry
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Metabolomics
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Statistical Analysis

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