Assertion: alkaloid | /r/HasProperty | toxic
Facets:
value: highly
type: DEGREE
value: to human
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to animals
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: e.g. atropine, tubocurarine
type: OTHER
value: to most drosophila
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: to the development of larva
type: PURPOSE
value: in very small doses26
type: TEMPORAL
value: strongly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: To humans, these alkaloids can be desirable, toxic, or both.
text: The alkaloids are bitter-tasting and toxic, and concentrated in the parts of the plant such as the stem most likely to be eaten by herbivores; they may also protect against parasites.
text: Some alkaloids can also be highly toxic, even in very small doses26.
text: Alkaloids can be toxic too (e.g. atropine, tubocurarine).
text: One of them is strychnine, an alkaloid known to be strongly toxic to animals.
text: As most alkaloids are extremely toxic, plants containing them do not feature strongly in herbal medicine but they have always been important in the allopathic system where dosage is strictly controlled and in homoeopathy where the dose-rate is so low as to be harmless.
text: Alkaloids are natural plant products which are sometimes toxic to animals (Holstege et al., 1995) and human when eaten.
text: Alkaloids in cacti are highly toxic to most Drosophila and to the development of larva.
text: Alkaloids can be toxic too (e.g. atropine, tubocurarine).