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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
- Toxin found in castor beans
- Highly toxic protein
- Toxic protein from castor oil plant seeds
- Poison from beans of the castor oil plant
- Toxin derived from castor beans
- Estimating cost of topped and tailed bean extract that's toxic
- Toxin derived from castor oil seeds
- Castor-bean product
- Infamous poison made from the castor bean
- Castor oil plant toxin
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.