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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Lectins > Plant Lectins > Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2 > Ricin
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Plant Proteins > Plant Lectins > Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2 > Ricin
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Plant Proteins > Ribosome Inactivating Proteins > Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2 > Ricin
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Glycoside Hydrolases > N-Glycosyl Hydrolases > Ribosome Inactivating Proteins > Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2 > Ricin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Albumins > Ricin

Preferred term

Ricin  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A protein phytotoxin from the seeds of Ricinus communis, the castor oil plant. It agglutinates cells, is proteolytic, and causes lethal inflammation and hemorrhage if taken internally.

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Entry terms

  • 9009-86-3
  • Castor Bean Lectin
  • Lectin, Castor Bean
  • Lectin, Ricinus
  • RCA 60
  • RCA60
  • Ricins
  • Ricin Toxin
  • Ricinus Toxin

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Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Ricine

    French

  • 9009-86-3
  • Ricins

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MH19DP8B-N

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