Assertion: calcitonin | /r/CapableOf | function as novel agent
Facets:
value: to inhibit behcet's disease
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Since calcitonin could antagonize resorptive and analgesic activity by competitively binding to calcitonin receptor and has been considered as a specific antagonist, these researchers postulated that the calcitonin could function as a novel agent to inhibit Behcet's disease.