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(aґbrin) a powerful phytotoxin or toxalbumin, present in the seeds of Abrus precatorius (jequirity bean) and used in the synthesis of immunotoxins; formerly used topically in certain chronic eye disorders.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Abrin — is a natural poison that is found in the seeds of a plant called the rosary pea or jequirity pea. Abrin is similar to ricin, a toxin that is found in the seeds of the castor oil plant. [cite journal |author=Dickers KJ, Bradberry SM, Rice P,… … Wikipedia
Abrin — Abrin a (Abrus precatorius) Strukturmodell nach PDB … Deutsch Wikipedia
Abrīn — Abrīn, s. Abrus … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Abrin — Castelnau sur l Auvignon Pour les articles homonymes, voir Castelnau. Castelnau sur l Auvignon … Wikipédia en Français
abrin — Toxic lectin from seeds of Abrus precatorius that has a binding site for galactose and related residues in carbohydrate but, because it is monovalent, is not an agglutinin for erythrocytes … Dictionary of molecular biology
abrin — a·brin (āʹbrĭn) n. A poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea. [New Latin Abrus, rosary pea genus (from Greek habros, graceful, delicate) + in.] * * * … Universalium
abrin — noun A toxin akin to ricin found in jequirity beans … Wiktionary
Abrin — A|b|rin [nlat. Abrus precatorius = Paternostererbse (Bot.); ↑ in (3)], das; s: ein giftiges Lectin aus der Paternostererbse … Universal-Lexikon
abrin — ˈābrən, ˈa , (ˌ)brin; āˈbrin, aˈb noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary abr (from New Latin Abrus, genus name of Abrus precatorius Indian licorice) + in : a toxic protein obtained from jequirity … Useful english dictionary
Abrus precatorius — Taxobox name = Jequirity image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia = Fabaceae subfamilia = Faboideae tribus = Abreae genus = Abrus species = A. precatorius binomial = Abrus… … Wikipedia
