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What potent toxin is extracted from the castor bean?
ricin
When did Wood Green ricin plot happen?
Wood Green ricin plot happened in 2003.
What toxin is produced by the bean of the Castor plant?
Ricin
What best describes ricin production?
The production of ricin is a low-tech endeavor requiring little time or funding.
Is ricin traceable?
Hard to detect.but still it is possible. Doctors guess it by Symptom. There is a Special test designed to detect Ricin!
How is ricin connected to castor oil?
The active poison in the castor bean is ricin, a deadly water-soluble protein called a lectin.
How is ricin made?
It doesn't "become" toxic, it starts out that way.
What is the powder from a castor-oil plant?
Ricin
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 is an enzyme inhibitor that isn't a heavy metal?
Ricin
What biologic toxin comes from castor plant?
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.
