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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Albumins > Ricin
... > 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

Preferred term

Ricin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Castor Bean Lectin
  • Lectin, Castor Bean
  • Lectin, Ricinus
  • RCA 60
  • RCA60
  • Ricin Toxin
  • Ricinus Lectin
  • Ricinus Toxin
  • Toxin, Ricin
  • Toxin, Ricinus

Note

  • /antag: consider also ANTITOXINS

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 78(64); was see under PLANT PROTEINS 1975-77

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012276

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