{"id":349675,"date":"2025-11-11T15:27:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T09:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=349675"},"modified":"2025-11-11T15:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T09:57:53","slug":"ricin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ricin\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>N<\/strong><strong>ews: <\/strong>On 7 November, Gujarat ATS allegedly seized 4 kg castor-bean mash from Hyderabad doctor planning ricin extraction and surveying markets in Delhi and Ahmedabad as potential attack sites.<\/p>\n<h2>About Ricin<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_349676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349676\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-349676\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Discovery.jpg?resize=300%2C297&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Discovery.jpg?resize=300%2C297&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Discovery.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Discovery.jpg?w=339&amp;ssl=1 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-349676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Discovery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Ricin is the <strong>byproduct<\/strong> that remains after <strong>oil has been extracted from castor seeds.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>toxic glycoprotein<\/strong> that <strong>shuts down protein synthesis in mammalian cells <\/strong>and causes cell death.<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>first isolated in 1888 by the German scientist Peter Hermann Stillmark<\/strong> from castor seeds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Biochemistry<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Ricin is classified as a <strong>type 2<\/strong> <strong>ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP)<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Whereas<strong> type 1 RIPs are composed of a single protein chain <\/strong>that possesses catalytic activity,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Type <strong>2 RIPs, also known as holotoxins,<\/strong> are <strong>composed of two different protein chains<\/strong> that form a <strong>heterodimeric<\/strong> complex.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weapon agent<\/strong>: It is classified as a <strong>Grade B biological weapon agent<\/strong> by the <strong>US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/strong> and as a <strong>Schedule 1 chemical warfare agent<\/strong> under the <strong>Chemical Weapons Convention.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Uses of Ricin<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Ricin can be used as a <strong>terrorism agent<\/strong> in the form of a powder, mist, pellet, or can be dissolved in water or weak acid.<\/li>\n<li>Ricin has been used experimentally in <strong>medicine in bone marrow transplants and to kill cancer cells.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Processes ricin poisoning:<\/strong> Poisoning can take place by <strong>inhalation of liquid or powdered ricin released<\/strong> into the air.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cure of ricin poisoning<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>There is no specific cure or antidote for ricin poisoning.<\/li>\n<li>If exposure happens, Avoid exposure first, and if exposed, remove ricin from the body as quickly as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: On 7 November, Gujarat ATS allegedly seized 4 kg castor-bean mash from Hyderabad doctor planning ricin extraction and surveying markets in Delhi and Ahmedabad as potential attack sites. About Ricin Ricin is the byproduct that remains after oil has been extracted from castor seeds. 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