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Chemical RICIN

Chemical ID
RICIN
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LDlo=100 (orl rat)
LDlo=300 ng/kg (ivn) Martindale's 29th

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List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Dosage Reference
Analgesic not available Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92.
AntiAIDS not available Merck 11th Edition
Antigenic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic not available Merck 11th Edition
Antitumor not available Merck 11th Edition
Antiviral not available Bonness, M. S., Promising new drugs from plants: poisons that heal, Herbarist, #56, 1990, 59-68
Coagulant not available Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant not available Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Immunostimulant not available Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Pyrogenic 0.05 ug/kg ipr rbt Duke, 1992 *
Ribosome-Inactivator 0.7-3 ppb Duke, 1992 *
List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Croton tiglium Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Ricinus communis Seed not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *