The castor plant (Ricinus communis L.) is a robust perennial shrub of Euphorbiaceae family and different parts of the plant are widely used by various communities and forest dwellers in many regions of the world for treating a variety of ailments. About 80% of world population is still dependent on traditional herbal medicines. The plant is documented to possess beneficial effects as anti-oxidant, antifertility, anti inflammatory, antimicrobial, central nervous system stimulant, anti diabetic, insecticidal and larvicidal and many other medicinal properties. The extracts or the isolated compounds of this plant have been found to have potent activity against various ailments. The aim of this paper is to scrutinize the available literature related to the restorative activity of the castor plant as a herbal medicine on mammalian physiology and to accumulate those scientifically valid data in a nut shell in the form of a mini review.
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机译：蓖麻植物（Ricinus communis L.）是大戟科植物的一种多年生灌木，该植物的不同部位被世界许多地区的各种社区和森林居民广泛用于治疗各种疾病。世界上约有80％的人口仍依赖传统草药。据记载，该植物具有抗氧化，抗生育，抗炎，抗微生物，中枢神经系统兴奋剂，抗糖尿病，杀虫和杀幼虫等许多医学特性。已经发现该植物的提取物或分离的化合物对各种疾病具有有效的活性。本文的目的是仔细研究与蓖麻植物作为哺乳动物生理学草药的恢复活性有关的现有文献，并以小型综述的形式在坚果壳中积累那些科学上有效的数据。
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