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Poisonous protein in castor beans
Answer for the clue "Poisonous protein in castor beans ", 5 letters:
ricin
Alternative clues for the word ricin
- Poison used on TV's "Breaking Bad"
- Used as a chemical reagent
- Castor oil plant poison
- Nice here in the navy, getting some killer protein!
- Poison from beans of the castor oil plant
- Estimating cost of topped and tailed bean extract that's toxic
- Castor-bean protein
- Toxic protein from castor oil plant seeds
Word definitions for ricin in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ricin is a highly toxic , naturally occurring lectin (a carbohydrate-binding protein ) produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant , Ricinus communis . A dose of purified ricin powder the size of a few grains of table salt can kill an adult human. The ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
poison obtained from the castor-oil bean, 1888, from ricinus , genus name of the castor-oil plant (1694), from Latin ricinus (Pliny), of uncertain origin, perhaps the same word as ricinus "tick" (in sheep, dogs, etc.).
Usage examples of ricin.
Congo-Crimean hemorrhagic fever, ricin, sarin, aflatoxin - and long-range missiles in Iraq.
Ricin is one of the potentially lethal vegetable alkaloids like taxine and digitalin.
He arranged communication and transportation for the ricin plotters, and he recruited the crew manning the Exo scout.
I happen to know that when Ricin is injected in small doses hypodermically immunity is produced, antiRicin is formed.
Ricin and abrin are vegetable protein toxins of enormous potency and exert a narcotic action.
So far, we have found chemical and biological weapons - brucella and Congo-Crimean hemorrhagic fever, ricin, sarin, aflatoxin - and long-range missiles in Iraq.
However, UNSCOM discovered that Iraq had also conducted research on Clostridium perfringens (which causes gangrene), ricin, and several viruses, including plague, as well.