tung oil
aleurites fordii oil
Identification
| Name | tung oil |
| CAS Number | 68038-50-6 |
| FDA UNII | Search |
Regulatory
Physical Properties
| Appearance | colorless to pale yellow clear liquid (est) |
| Food Chemicals Codex Listed | No |
No sensory data available
Safety Information
| Oral/Parenteral Toxicity | Not determined |
| Dermal Toxicity | Not determined |
| Inhalation Toxicity | Not determined |
GHS Classification
['GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS)', 'GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements']
Safety in Use
| Category | information only not used for fragrances or flavors |
| Recommendation for tung oil usage levels up to | not for fragrance use. |
| Recommendation for tung oil flavor usage levels up to | not for flavor use. |
No supplier data available
Potential Uses
Natural Occurrence
Synonyms
aleurites fordii oil
polymerized
tung oil
raw
tung oil
tung oil, heat polymerized
tung oil, homopolymer
vernicia fordii oil
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New lipase assay using Pomegranate oil coating in microtiter plates.
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Structural confirmation of a new hydroxylated tung oil compound by NMR.
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Fatty acid profile and unigene-derived simple sequence repeat markers in tung tree (Vernicia fordii).
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[Analysis of oil synthesis metabolism pathways based on transcriptome changes in tung oil tree's seeds during three different development stages].
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Identification, classification and differential expression of oleosin genes in tung tree (Vernicia fordii).
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Epoxy monomers derived from tung oil fatty acids and its regulable thermosets cured in two synergistic ways.
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Expression analysis of VfDGAT2 in various tissues of the tung tree and in transgenic yeast.
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Developmental regulation of diacylglycerol acyltransferase family gene expression in tung tree tissues.
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[Study on the traditional lime mortar from the memorial archway in the southern Anhui province].
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Jacaric acid is rapidly metabolized to conjugated linoleic acid in rats.
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The properties of poly(lactic acid)/starch blends with a functionalized plant oil: tung oil anhydride.
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High-level expression and characterization of a chimeric lipase from Rhizopus oryzae for biodiesel production.
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Vegetable oil thermosets reinforced by tannin-lipid formulations.
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FAD2-DGAT2 genes coexpressed in endophytic Aspergillus fumigatus derived from tung oilseeds.
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An ultraviolet spectrophotometric assay for the screening of sn-2-specific lipases using 1,3-O-dioleoyl-2-O-α-eleostearoyl-sn-glycerol as substrate.
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Production of tung oil biodiesel and variation of fuel properties during storage.
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Microsatellite marker development in tung trees (Vernicia montanaand V. fordii, Euphorbiaceae).
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Raman and FTIR microspectroscopic study of the alteration of Chinese tung oil and related drying oils during ageing.
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Biodiesel production from tung (Vernicia montana) oil and its blending properties in different fatty acid compositions.
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Methods for evaluating the potency and efficacy of antioxidants.
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Properties of Tung oil biodiesel and its blends with 0# diesel.
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Conjugated autoxidizable triene (CAT) assay: a novel spectrophotometric method for determination of antioxidant capacity using triacylglycerol as ultraviolet probe.
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Hydroxy radical, hexanal, and decadienal generation by autocatalysts in autoxidation of linoleate alone and with eleostearate.
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Production and characterization of biodiesel from tung oil.
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Fourier transform infrared spectra of drying oils treated by irradiation.
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Tumor angiogenesis suppression by alpha-eleostearic acid, a linolenic acid isomer with a conjugated triene system, via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma.
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The C-terminus of cytochrome b5 confers endoplasmic reticulum specificity by preventing spontaneous insertion into membranes.
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Tung tree DGAT1 and DGAT2 have nonredundant functions in triacylglycerol biosynthesis and are localized to different subdomains of the endoplasmic reticulum.
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Conjugated linolenic acid is slowly absorbed in rat intestine, but quickly converted to conjugated linoleic acid.
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Lipids as renewable resources: current state of chemical and biotechnological conversion and diversification.
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Lack of chemopreventive effects of alpha-eleostearic acid on 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) and 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH)-induced mammary and colon carcinogenesis in female Sprague-Dawley rats.
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Alpha-linolenic acid but not conjugated linolenic acid is hypocholesterolaemic in hamsters.
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Properties of zein films coated with drying oils.
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[Study on the determination of tung oil adulterated in vegetable oils by first derivative spectrophotometry].
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Recommended methods of fatty acid methylester preparation for conjugated dienes and trienes in food and biological samples.
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Synthesis, structure and properties of new tung oil-styrene-divinylbenzene copolymers prepared by thermal polymerization.
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Molecular analysis of a bifunctional fatty acid conjugase/desaturase from tung. Implications for the evolution of plant fatty acid diversity.
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Effect of dietary tung oil on the growth and lipid metabolism of laying hens.
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An ultraviolet spectrophotometric assay for measuring lipase activity using long-chain triacyglycerols from Aleurites fordii seeds.
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Effects of lamination and coating with drying oils on tensile and barrier properties of zein films.
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Capacity of enzymes of the euphorbiacea Aleurites montana involved in CO2-fixation, compared to plants having C3-, C4- and Crassulacean acid metabolism.
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Newly recognized cytotoxic effect of conjugated trienoic fatty acids on cultured human tumor cells.
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Biosynthetic origin of conjugated double bonds: production of fatty acid components of high-value drying oils in transgenic soybean embryos.
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Identification of an original non-terpenoid varnish from the early 20th century oil painting "the white horse" (1929), by h. Menzel.
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Two outbreaks of acute Tung Nut (Aleurites fordii) poisoning.
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Effects of tung oil on salivary viscosity and extent and incidence of dental caries in rats.
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[Promoting effect of the Chinese medicinal herb, wikstroemia chamaedaphne and tung oil extracts on carcinoma of the uterine cervix induced by HSV-2 or methylcholanthrene (MCA) in mice].
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[An experimental study of the promoting effects of extracts from Chinese medicinal herbs and tung oil (HHPA)].
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Epstein-Barr virus activation in Raji cells with ether extracts of soil from different areas in China.
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Heat durability of Epstein-Barr virus-activating substances of plant origin: 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, 12-O-hexadecanoyl-16-hydrophorbol-13-acetate, croton oil, tung oil and Croton megalocarpus extract.
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Epstein-Barr virus activation by tung oil, extracts of Aleurites fordii and its diterpene ester 12-O-hexadecanoyl-16-hydroxyphorbol-13-acetate.
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Molecular mechanisms of tumor promotion and multistage carcinogenesis.
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Slow ammonia release from urea: rumen and metabolism studies.
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Suppression of food intake in the rat by tung oil.
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Use of coatings to protect lyophilized Bacillus popilliae from moisture.
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OBSERVATIONS ON FEEDING TUNG OIL TO CHICKENS.
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A case of food poisioning caused by Chinese wood oil (Tung oil).
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A chemical study of American tung oil.
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The multiple uses of processed tung oil in industrial surgery.
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[Tung oil as source of food poisoning and its detection].
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Cultivation and systematic study of the tung oil yielding trees in India.