Synonyms/Common Names/Related Substances:
- Abrin, abrin A, abrin B, abrin C, abrus a chapelet, Abrusabrus (L.) W. Wight, Abrus cantoniensis, Abrus precatorius, Linn., Abrus pulchellus, abrus seed, aivoeiro, arraccu-mitim, ayurvedic phytomedicine, bead vine, black-eyed Susan, blackeyed Susan, Buddhist rosary bead, cain ghe, Carolina muida, colorine, coral bean, crab's eye, crabs eye, deadly crab's eye, Glycine abrus, L., graines reglisse, gunchi, gunja, hint meyankoku, hung tou, Indian bead, Indian licorice, Indian liquorice, jequerit, jequirity bean, jequirity seed, jumble beads, juquiriti, lady bug bean, lady bug seed, legume, Leguminosae (family), liane reglisse, love bean, lucky bean, ma liao tou, ojo de pajaro, paratella, paternoster, peonia de St. Tomas, peonia, peronilla, phytotoxin, Pois rouge, prayer beads, prayer head, precatory bean, rakat, reglisse, rosary beads, rosary pea, ruti, rutti, Seminole bead, tentos da America, temtos dos mundos, tento muido, to-azuki, tribal pulse, weather plant, weesboontje, wild licorice.
Clinical Bottom Line/Effectiveness
Brief Background:
- Although Abrus precatorius seeds have been used to stimulate labor and as an abortifacient, oral use is not recommended. Abrin, a constituent of Abrus precatorius, is toxic at 5mg, and ingestion of one bean by a child may be fatal (1).
- Abrin, a constituent of precatory bean, is being investigated for the treatment of experimental cancers and is used as a "molecular probe" to investigate cell function (2).
- A lectin from Abrus precatorius has been used to identify glycohistochemically the microglial cell (MGC) activation in autoptic brain samples from Alzheimer's disease (AD) subjects (3)
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