Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crystalline alkaloid, C16H16O4N4, found in castor beans. It crystallizes in prisms which melt at 193° C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid (C8H8N2O2) extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant (
Ricinus communalis ). Called alsoricidine . Ingestion may cause vomiting and various other toxic reactions, including liver and kidney damage, convulsions, hypotension, and death.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry An
alkaloid extracted from theseeds of thecastor oil plant .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The presence of ricinine in urine helps to establish whether ricin exposure has occurred, and may help estimate the degree of exposure if the time of exposure is known.
Ricin toxicity 2008
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For a clinical urine specimen, measurement of ricinine can be completed within several hours after the samples are received.
Ricin toxicity 2008
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Some LRN laboratories can test clinical urine samples for the presence of ricinine, an indicator of ricin exposure.
Ricin toxicity 2008
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What they found in that food was ricin, ricinine and ricinoleic acid, which are components of ricin.
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ELLIGER, C.A. and FULLER, G. (1972) The effect of ammoniation upon ricinine in castor meal.
Chapter 5 1953
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Activation of the de novo pathway for pyridine nucleotide biosynthesis prior to ricinine biosynthesis in castor beans
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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