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Toxin derived from castor oil seeds
Answer for the clue "Toxin derived from castor oil seeds ", 5 letters:
ricin
Alternative clues for the word ricin
- Castor bean product
- Toxin found in castor beans
- Toxic protein from castor oil plant seeds
- Nice here in the navy, getting some killer protein!
- Banks avoid costing toxic compound
- Infamous poison made from the castor bean
- Toxin derived from castor beans
- Highly toxic protein
- Poisonous protein in castor beans
- A toxic protein extracted from castor beans
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.