QUICK PHYSICS INFO: A substance 6000 Times More Poisonous Than Cyanide: “RICIN” !!
The poison from the bean used by Walter White in the Breaking Bad; Ricin. Ricin is Indian oil plant. Ricinus communis in Latin; is a very toxic protein obtained by processing seeds. The seeds are like a 'bean'.
The Ricin which is contained in the seeds of the plant is 6,000 times more deadly than cyanide. When exposed, there is no antidote. Risin is an enzyme inhibitor that reduces the activity of the ribosomes in the body. Protein synthesis occurs in ribosomes. If this synthesis is not done for a person's life, the cell will die.
If the cell dies, the human dies too. It has been used many times in the past by the secret services of the countries because of its rapid killing and unrecognition. Perhaps the most striking of them was Bulgarian journalist, writer Georgi Ivanov Markov. In the '70s there were no methods to determine the presence of' ricin ', but there is now. By "enzyme immunoassay technique", ricin antibodies can be detected.
In 1978, Bulgarian journalist Georgi Markov escaped from his country and took refuge in Britain. When walking on the Waterloo bridge in London on September 7, 1978, a person approaching from behind, "accidentally" touched Markov's leg with the tip of an umbrella. After a few hours, he fainted and Markov died three days later.
In autopsy, the victim's blood was found on the ricin, but another interesting detail has attracted the attention of the doctors. Under Markov's leg skin, there was a strange metal sphere with a diameter of 0.6 mm. After examination under the microscope, the remnants of the Risin were found inside the sphere, where there were two capillaries on it. That was understood that the attack was carried out by the Bulgarian Secret Service with an umbrella with a special mechanism to inject the poisonous ball into the victim's body.