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Ricin and RCA—The Enemies Within Castor (Ricinus communis L.): A Perspective on Their Biogenesis, Mechanism of Action, Detection Methods and Detoxification Strategies

  • Ashraf Ashfaq M
  • Soma Sekhar Reddy P
  • Anil Kumar C
  • et al.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97280-0_12
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Abstract

The main impediment in utilizing the de-oiled meal of castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) as animal feed is the presence of two toxic proteins, ricin (also known as RCA II and RCA60) and RCA (R. communis agglutinin, otherwise known as RCA I and RCA120) found in the...

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Ashraf Ashfaq, Mohd., Soma Sekhar Reddy, P., Anil Kumar, Ch., Selvaraj, V. M., & Dinesh Kumar, V. (2018). Ricin and RCA—The Enemies Within Castor (Ricinus communis L.): A Perspective on Their Biogenesis, Mechanism of Action, Detection Methods and Detoxification Strategies (pp. 215–235). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97280-0_12

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