Treatment of abrin and ricin with  -mercaptoethanol opposite effects on their toxicity in mice and their ability to inhibit protein synthesis in a cell-free system.
D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002474:Cell-Free System; D004167:Diphtheria Toxin; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007700:Kinetics; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D007930:Leucine / Q000378:metabolism; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008623:Mercaptoethanol; D051379:Mice; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010441:Peptide Chain Elongation, Translational; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010944:Plants; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D011817:Rabbits; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D012276:Ricin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D012278:Ricinus; D014118:Toxins, Biological / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D014316:Tritium
D001798:Blood Proteins; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D004167:Diphtheria Toxin; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D037121:Plant Lectins; D014118:Toxins, Biological; D014316:Tritium; D008623:Mercaptoethanol; D012276:Ricin; D000217:Acyltransferases; D007930:Leucine