Assertion: alkaloid | /r/HasProperty | nitrogenous organic compound
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text: Another electronic database also provides a definition of alkaloids, stating that an alkaloid is a nitrogenous organic compound which has pharmacological effects on humans and other animals, and whose name is derived from the world alkaline28.
text: Alkaloids are nitrogenous organic substances produced by plants as a secondary metabolite and which have an intense physiological action on animals even at low doses.[citation needed]