Revisão bibliográfica das causas e consequências da toxidade de Ricinus comunnis

Abstract

Toxic and medicinal plants constitute a special group of plant given its ethnobotany and educational importance. Castor bean (Ricinus comunnis) is the most common example for its abundance such as the extraction of castor oil used as purgative, soaps, oils and varnishes. Castor is also commonly used in play by children, thus causing a high index of intoxication it is noteworthy that these poisonings usually occur in periods of vocation reaching children in an age group below 12 years and the best way to avoid such intoxication would be concientization stage children and also family and work done in schools since most poisonings happen to children still in school.