Obviously it is not your standard peanut oil. This is pharmaceutical grade oil. Many different oils can be used and there are different reasons why some are better than others for different applications. Arachis oil is used as a solvent for many pharmaceuticals. Here is a list of some other oils and uses.
1. an unctuous, combustible substance that is liquid, or easily liquefiable, on warming, and is soluble in ether but not in water. Oils may be animal, vegetable, or mineral in origin, and volatile or nonvolatile (fixed). A number of oils are used as flavoring or perfuming agents in pharmaceutical preparations.
2. a fat that is liquid at room temperature.
borage oil that extracted from the seeds of
borage; used for the treatment of
neurodermatitis and as a food supplement.
cajeput oil a volatile oil from the fresh leaves and twigs of
cajeput; used as a stimulant and rubefacient in rheumatism and other muscle and joint pain.
canola oil rapeseed oil, specifically that prepared from rapeseed plants bred to be low in
erucic acid.
castor oil a fixed oil obtained from the seed of
Ricinus communis; used as a bland topical emollient and also occasionally as a strong cathartic.
clove oil a volatile oil from
cloves; used externally in the treatment of colds and headache and as a dental antiseptic and analgesic; it also has various uses in Indian medicine.
cod liver oil partially destearinated, fixed oil from fresh livers of
Gadus morrhua and other fish of the family Gadidae; used as a source of vitamins A and D.
corn oil a refined fixed oil obtained from the embryo of
Zea mays; used as a solvent and vehicle for various medicinal agents and as a vehicle for injections. It has also been promoted as a source of polyunsaturated fatty acids in special diets.
cottonseed oil a
fixed oil from seeds of cultivated varieties of the
cotton plant
(Gossypium) ; used as a solvent and vehicle for drugs.
essential oil volatile o.
ethiodized oil an iodine addition product of the ethyl ester of fatty acids of poppyseed oil; used as a diagnostic radiopaque medium.
eucalyptus oil a volatile oil from the fresh leaf of species of
Eucalyptus; used as a pharmaceutical flavoring agent, as an expectorant and local antiseptic, for
rheumatism, and in
folk medicine.
evening primrose oil that produced from the ripe seeds of
evening primrose(Oenothera biennis) ; used in the treatment of
mastalgia,
premenstrual syndrome, and atopic
eczema.
expressed oil ,
fatty oil,
fixed oil a nonvolatile oil, i.e., one that does not evaporate on warming; such oils consist of a mixture of fatty acids and their esters, and are classified as solid, semisolid, and liquid, or as drying, semidrying, and nondrying as a function of their tendency to solidify on exposure to air.
fennel oil a volatile oil distilled from
fennel (the seeds of
Foeniculum vulgare ); used for cough, bronchitis, and dyspepsia and as a pharmaceutical flavoring agent.
iodized oil an iodine addition product of vegetable oil; used as a diagnostic radiopaque medium.
lavender oil a volatile oil distilled from the flowering tops of
lavender or prepared synthetically; used for loss of appetite, dyspepsia, nervousness, and insomnia; also widely used in
folk medicine.
mineral oil a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons from petroleum; used as a lubricant laxative, drug vehicle, and skin emollient and cleanser.
Light mineral o., of lesser density, is used similarly.
olive oil a fixed oil obtained from ripe fruit of
Olea europaea; used as a setting retardant for dental cements, topical emollient, pharmaceutic necessity, and sometimes as a laxative.
peanut oil the refined fixed oil from peanuts
(Arachis hypogaea); used as a solvent and vehicle for drugs.
peppermint oil a volatile oil from fresh overground parts of the flowering plant of peppermint
(Mentha piperita); used as a flavoring agent for drugs, and as a gastric stimulant and carminative.
rapeseed oil the oil expressed from the seeds of the rapeseed plant; used in the manufacture of soaps, margarines, and lubricants. See also
canola o.
safflower oil an oily liquid extracted from the seeds of the safflower,
Carthamus tinctorius, containing predominantly
linoleic acid; used as a pharmaceutic aid, a component of total parenteral nutrition solutions, and in the management of hypercholesterolemia.
silicone oil any of various long-chain fluid
silicone polymers, some of which are injected into the vitreous to serve as a vitreous substitute during or after vitreoretinal surgery.
tea tree oil an
essential oil from the leaves and branch tips of
tea tree, having bacteriostatic and weak antiviral and antimycotic properties, used topically for skin infections and used internally and externally in
folk medicine for various indications.
thyme oil the
volatile oil extracted from fresh, flowering
thyme; used as an antitussive and expectorant.
volatile oil one that evaporates readily, usually found in aromatic plants; most are a mixture of two or more terpenes.
volatile oil of mustard a
volatile oil distilled from the seeds of black
mustard(Brassica nigra); used as a strong counterirritant and rubefacient.
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peanut oil [
pe´nut]
a refined fixed oil from seed kernels of cultivated varieties of Arachis hypogaea; used as a solvent for drugs.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc.
peanut meal residue after the extraction of peanut oil; a high protein (40 to 50%) feed supplement; low in methionine, lysine and tryptophan. May be mixed with hulls when it becomes of less value because of the high (30%) of fiber.
peanut oil a refined fixed oil extracted from peanuts; used as a solvent for drugs.
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