In plant cells, why are toxins such as nicotine found in vacuoles instead of the

phoenixation

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cytosol? In plant cells, why are toxins such as nicotine, cocaine, and caffeine found in vacuoles instead of the cytosol?

a.) Toxins are degraded in the vacuoles, preventing them from harming the cell.
b.) Toxins in vacuoles are sequestered from the rest of the cell, where they could do harm.
c.) Toxins are synthesized in the vacuoles.
 

Alex

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B) Plants don't like their own toxins either. But when their chewed by an herbivore for instance, the vacuoles break and they're released
 
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