Assertion: alkaloid | /r/CreatedBy | plant
Facets:
value: as a secondary metabolite
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
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]
text: Alkaloids as botanicals can be therefore produced in the plants in which they usually do not exist.