Rosary Pea (Abrus precatorius): Pretty Seed, Deadly Protein — AIP Monograph No. 1
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. Contributors: Dr Fiona MacAllister — Botanical verification and field photographs Dr Eleanor Whitcombe — Clinical toxicology review Jesse Kirby — Title, search and presentation review Geoffrey Larkin — Legal and regulatory review AIP Monograph No. 1. Published by the Australian Institute of Pharmacognosy, Cardwell, Queensland. Live edition: https://www.australian-pharmacognosy.org/blog/abrus-precatorius/
Authors
- Jesse Kirby
- Thomas Ridley
- Geoffrey Larkin
- Luke Iggulden
- Eleanor Whitcombe
- Fiona MacAllister
Institutions
- Australian Institute of Physics (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-09-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22864534
- Primary Topic
- Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00