Pharmacologic Substance
palm oil
palm oil
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Nutritive oil extracted from the fleshy mesocarp of the fruit of the African palm tree, Elaeis guineensis.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The edible oil extracted from the pulp of the oil palm fruit. Palm oil is commonly used as a commercial cooking oil due to its stability at high temperatures.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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