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Definition of Ricin

1. Noun. A toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon. "One milligram of ricin can kill an adult"

Definition of Ricin

1. Noun. (context: protein poison) A toxic protein extracted from the castor bean. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ricin

1. a poisonous protein [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ricin

1. Highly toxic lectin (66 kD) from seeds of the castor bean, Ricinus communis. Has toxic A subunit (32 kD), carbohydrate binding B subunit (34 kD). Toxic subunit inactivates ribosomes and the binding subunit is specific for _ galactosyl residues. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Ricin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"Place the precipitate, which contains ricin, in a parchment paper dialyzing ... ricin is an amorphous, highly toxic powder containing ash and easily soluble ..."

2. Laboratory Manual for the Detection of Poisons and Powerful Drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth, William Homer Warren (1915)
"Place the precipitate, which contains ricin, in a parchment paper dialyzing tube and ... Finally dry the ricin left in vacua over sulphuric acid. ricin is ..."

3. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"Place the precipitate, which contains ricin, in a parchment paper dialyzing tube and ... Finally dry the residual ricin in vacua over sulphuric acid. ..."

4. A Textbook of Pharmacology and Therapeutics by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1903)
"Stillmark supposed that ricin formed these masses of red cells in the blood vessels, and that the symptoms were due to the emboli resulting, ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"THE ricin METHOD OF JACOBY-SOLMS FOR THE QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF PEPSIN. BY EDWARD H. GOODMAN, MD, OF PHILADELPHIA. (From the private laboratory of Dr. ..."

6. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1897)
"THE HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES PRODUCED BY ricin AND ABRIN INTOXICATIONS. ... Abrus precatorius, ricin and abrin have been » Oertel, Die Pathogenese der ..."

7. A Textbook of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Or, The Action of Drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1915)
"By gradually increasing the daily amount of ricin, rabbits have attained an immunity of 5000, that is, they are not affected by 5000 times as much ricin as ..."

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