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RE: Deadly plant series: *Riccinus communis* and the curious case of Georgi Markov

in #stemng7 years ago

You are right. Until isolated and purified from the seeds, the concentration in individual seeds is not up to a lethal level. An average human adult would need to ingest like 7 to 8 of the seed in order for the ricin toxicity to be pronounced.

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