Biocat-alytic production processes have been set up for the manufacture of special esters like cetyl ricinoleate, so-called emollient esters, used as skin caring oils in cremes and lotions.
Antifertility experiments have been made on mice for short-term and long-term observation with castor bean extract and ricin,and which showed apparent effects of antifertility.
The extremely powerful toxin Ricin, produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant, can kill you if you inhale even one milligram, which has made it popular for assassination attempts and biological warfare around the world.
Mrs. Driffield looked as though she had taken a dose of castor oil and had just been trying to get the taste of it out of her mouth by sucking a lemon.
Law enforcement sources tell the AP a woman suspected of trying to mail the poison ricin to the White House was arrested at the Canada-New York border.
Antidotes to ricin, sad to say, are still in the early stages of development, but because ricin takes several days to kill, compounds are being investigated that can block it from reaching ribosomes in new cells in the body.