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Plant Oils
Oils derived from plants or plant products.
Year introduced: 1987
Endosperm
Nutritive tissue of the seeds of flowering plants that surrounds the EMBRYOS. It is produced by a parallel process of fertilization in which a second male gamete from the pollen grain fuses with two female nuclei within the embryo sac. The endosperm varies in ploidy and contains reserves of starch, oils, and proteins, making it an important source of human nutrition.
Year introduced: 2010
Tea Tree Oil
Essential oil extracted from MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA (tea tree). It is used as a topical antimicrobial due to the presence of terpineol.
Year introduced: 2000
Sitosterols
A family of sterols commonly found in plants and plant oils. Alpha-, beta-, and gamma-isomers have been characterized.
Year introduced: 1974(1972)
Ointments
Semisolid preparations used topically for protective emollient effects or as a vehicle for local administration of medications. Ointment bases are various mixtures of fats, waxes, animal and plant oils and solid and liquid hydrocarbons.
Ointment Bases
Various mixtures of fats, waxes, animal and plant oils and solid and liquid hydrocarbons; vehicles for medicinal substances intended for external application; there are four classes: hydrocarbon base, absorption base, water-removable base and water-soluble base; several are also emollients.
Year introduced: 1991(1975)
jointritis [Supplementary Concept]
a topical analgesic consisting of menthol, essential plant oils from eucalyptus, copaiba, citrus and lavender, and moisturisers chondroitin sulphate, glucosamine sulphate, and lanolin
Date introduced: June 5, 2011
Retterspitz [Supplementary Concept]
combination of aluminum hydroxide, potassium sulfate, citric acid, tartaric acid, egg white hydrolysate, egg lecithin, tincture arnicae, rosemary oil, citrus oil & other plant oils
Date introduced: October 27, 1982
Rapeseed Oil
PLANT OILS derived from RAPESEED species known as BRASSICA NAPUS.
Year introduced: 2019(2018)
Olive Oil
Oil extracted from fruit of the OLIVE TREE (genus Olea).
Year introduced: 2016 (1984)