"Ricin, Abrin" belong to which category of secondary metabolites?
(A) Lectins
(B) Toxins
(C) Alkaloids
(D) Essential oils
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"Ricin, Abrin" belong to (B) Toxins
What are secondary metabolites?
- Secondary metabolites can be described as compounds which provide advantage to a plant such as providing defense to a plant.
- Toxins are compounds which are released by plants for defense mechanism.
- Ricin and Abrin are ribosome inhibitory proteins which are toxins and perform its function by inhibiting ribosomes.
- Hence, the correct option is (B) Toxins and all other options are incorrect.
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"Ricin, Abrin" belong to which category of secondary metabolites?
(B) Toxins
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