Abrin is an extremely toxic toxalbumin found in the seeds of the rosary pea (or jequirity pea), Abrus precatorius. It has a median lethal dose of 0.7 micrograms...

percussion instruments, and which are toxic because of the presence of abrin. Ingestion of a single seed, well chewed, can be fatal to both adults and...

plant (Abrus precatorius). The seeds contain the extremely toxic lectin abrin, whose toxicity is over 30 times that of ricin. These seeds have been used...

disulfide bond. In terms of structure, ricin closely resembles abrin-a, an isomer of abrin. The quaternary structure of ricin is a globular, glycosylated...

Solauricine Strychnine Swainsonine Tagetitoxin Tinyatoxin Tomatine Toxalbumin Abrin Ricin Tutin Invertebrate toxins Vertebrate toxins note: some toxins are...

seeds, leaves, and roots. It belongs to toxalbumins, along with ricin and abrin. These toxins are categorized as ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIP). Robin...

offspring of a male mouse immunized against abrin and an untreated female mouse were not immune to abrin. He concluded that the fetus was supplied with...

against a foreign body. Ehrlich accustomed mice to the poisons ricin and abrin. After feeding them with small but increasing dosages of ricin he ascertained...

Ehrlich showed that antibodies form against the plant toxins ricin and abrin, and proposed that these antibodies are responsible for immunity. Ehrlich...

Solauricine Strychnine Swainsonine Tagetitoxin Tinyatoxin Tomatine Toxalbumin Abrin Ricin Tutin Invertebrate toxins Vertebrate toxins note: some toxins are...