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Rosary Pea (Abrus precatorius): Pretty Seed, Deadly Protein

Rosary pea, crab’s eye (Abrus precatorius): what abrin does, the poisonings on record, how to tell the seed from look-alikes, and Australian law.

April 202546 min readEducation and Research

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