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西洋油菜（學名：Brassica napus）又名甘藍型油菜、大油菜，是十字花科草本植物，主要用途是油料經濟作物。油菜籽的種籽粒可製油脂，它分為冬油菜和春油菜兩種。
油菜籽含芥酸、芥子鹼、單寧等化學物質，含毒性。
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外部連結
- PROTAbase on Brassica napus
- Canola Council on truth and myths about Canola
- Origins of Canola oil is toxic falsehood.
- Extracting and refining rapeseed oil （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
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- University of Melbourne (1999) Multilingual multiscript plant name database. Brassica names （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）. General Botanical Index. Retrieved 2006-11-27
- Oilseed rape: Biosafety research funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) - Overview
- BBC Radio 4 Food Programme on rapeseed oil （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）