0
The active poison in the castor bean is ricin, a deadly water-soluble protein called a lectin.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is the powder from a castor-oil plant?
Ricin
Highly toxic protein from castor oil seeds?
ricin
What are the best uses for the castor plant?
The castor plant, also known as the castor oil plant, is the source pf castor oil, a vitamin supplement and lubricant. It is also the source of ricin, a poison.
What is the poison from castor oil?
The poisonous substance in castor oil is ricin, a protein that causes death at cellular level, and can be fatal. See the link below.
What is ricin toxin?
Ricin is a proteinic cytotoxin derived from the common castor bean, Ricinis communis. Recovered from the meal of castor beans in the castor oil making process, ricin toxin is perhaps 1,000 fold less toxin that botulinum toxin. Ricin is most toxic if inhaled and least toxic if swallowed. It has the potential to be used as a chemical warfare agent.
What potent toxin is extracted from the castor bean?
ricin
What is Ricin?
Ricin is a poison derived from castor beans. It can be made from the waste material after processing (mashing) castor beans into castor oil. Although not as lethal as anthrax, ricin prevents cells from producing protein and can lead to death within 36 to 72 hours. In 2013, a Mississippi man, Paul Kevin Curtis, was arrested for sending ricin-contaminated letters to a Mississippi senator and President Obama.
What toxin is produced by the bean of the Castor plant?
Ricin
What biologic toxin comes from castor plant?
Ricin
What type of toxin is derived from the bean of the castor plant?
ricin
What is rison?
Ricin is a toxic substance that comes from the pressed leaves of the castor beans. If the beans of the castor plant are eaten, it could cause harm from the ricin that is formed by the action. Ricin can cause harm through ingestion, inhalation or through contact with the skin.
what's the most dangerous plant?
While the answer is debatable, the castor plant is high on the list. One castor bean can kill a person. The toxin ricin is derived from castor beans.
