toxin

Converse of object

• secrete: A mild toxin secreted into the saliva in the mouth helps to stun the prey.
• ingest: The duration before onset of symptoms depends on the time taken for ingested toxin to reach the target site.
• eliminate: Drink plenty of water to help eliminate the toxins from your body.
• accumulate: Cleansing your body of its accumulated toxins is a great way to boost well-being.
• expel: The leaves, flowers and berries are beneficial in cases of cols and flu, as they expel toxins from the body.
• inhale: Protection of frontline workers The release of a Botulinum toxin aerosol will create an exposed zone that presents a high risk of inhaling toxin.

Preposition: in

shellfish: The ban follows the detection of high levels of amnesic shellfish poisoning ( ASP ) toxins in shellfish in the area.

Adjective modifier

• algal: The problems are not confined to land; there are also concerns about algal toxins in fish and the chemicals used in fish farming.
• bacterial: For example, Monsanto's approach to Colorado Beetle is to develop potato plants that produce bacterial toxins which kill the beetles.
• insecticidal: This natural pathogen produces an insecticidal toxin which leaves humans and beneficial insects unaffected.
• lethal: Kahn found high levels of lethal toxins in Frost's fatty tissue.
• harmful: It only takes harmful toxins out of the body.
• potent: This is no joke when the ants are fierce when provoked and have some of the most potent toxins around, wear your shoes.

Modifies a noun

ricin: Scientists have now isolated and modified the toxin ricin to eliminate severe side effects without compromising its power to kill tumor cells.

Noun used with modifier

• botulinum: At a secret meeting in Miami, they furnished him with tiny gelatine capsules filled with botulinum toxin.
• Bt: The ubiquity of such crops has also allowed the Bt toxin class to become the most widely used in the world.
• diphtheria: Once inside a cell the diphtheria toxin interferes with protein synthesis which ultimately kills the cancer cell.
• tetanus: Using the tetanus toxin model we have identified some aspects of the seizures.
• cholera: We will also use the well-characterised outer leaflet raft marker cholera toxin B subunit in similar studies.
• botulism: Prior to the research, no proven vaccine existed for the deadly botulism toxin.