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Ricin (/ ˈ r aɪ s ɪ n / RY-sin) is a lectin (a carbohydrate-binding protein) and a highly potent toxin produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis.The median lethal dose (LD 50) of ricin for mice is around 22 micrograms per kilogram of body weight via intraperitoneal injection.
A 37-year-old female ingested the pulp of 30 castor beans in an attempt to commit suicide from ricin poisoning. Trace amounts of the toxin were later found in her residence. She was found by her husband and immediately put in intensive care for a week but did not survive.
Castor beans, when ground, yield a highly lethal poison called ricin. When alerted to the possibility of Michael Farrar having been poisoned in the months before the fire, detectives investigated the origin of the castor beans that had led to police investigating the September domestic dispute. The label on the seed packets identified them as a ...
At a plea hearing Wednesday in federal court in Alexandria, Vane admitted that he used castor beans to create ricin at his home. Ricin is a toxin that occurs naturally in castor beans, and federal ...
One month before the fire, police responded to the Prairie Village home for a domestic disturbance and found castor beans in Green’s purse. When processed, the seeds produce ricin, one of the ...
Made from castor beans, ricin can cause death from exposure to as little as a pinhead amount. ... The most famous case of ricin poisoning was in 1978 when dissident Bulgarian writer Georgi Markov ...
He is accused of producing a biological toxin after officers discovered a substance which was found to be ricin, a poison found in castor beans, ... Most people impacted by ricin poisoning would ...
Casey Cutler (born c. 1980) was arrested on 6 June 2005, in Arizona, after sparking a full terrorism investigation and raid over his attempts to extract ricin from castor oil. Ricin cannot be made from castor oil.