Assertion: alkaloid | /r/CapableOf | play role
Facets:
value: in medicine
type: LOCATION
value: in the metabolism
type: OTHER
value: because of these physiological and mental effects
type: CAUSE
value: in this process
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In some plants, the concentration of alkaloids increases just prior to seed formation and then drops off when the seed is ripe, suggesting that alkaloids may play a role in this process.
text: It is synthesized, playing its own role in the metabolism after that.
text: Alkaloids still play a role in medicine today because of these physiological and mental effects.