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plant toxin

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plant toxin
Etymology: ME, plante + Gk, toxikon, poison
any poisonous substance derived from a plant, such as ricin, which is produced by castor-oil seeds.


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Byline: ANI Washington, May 1 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have detected common plant toxins that affect human health and ecosystems in smoke from forest fires.
United States Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, DC) has patented recombinant immunotoxin fusion proteins composed of the Fv domains of antibodies fused to bacterial or plant toxins.
The rattlebox moth (Utethesia ornatrix) became famous when researchers figured out how the species uses and depends on plant toxins.
 
 
 
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