Assertion: sarin | /r/CapableOf | attack nervous system
Facets:
value: by inhibiting cholinesterase sarin
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Sarin is extremely poisonous because it attacks the nervous system by blocking the activity of cholinesterase enzymes present in it, including acetylcholinesterase.
text: Sarin is a phosphorus-containing organic chemical, C4H10FO2P, that is extremely toxic to human beings and is used as a nerve agent, attacking the nervous system by irreversibly inhibiting cholinesterase Sarin first appeared in 1938 when it was developed by German scientists as a pesticide before NATO adopted sarin as a standard chemical weapon in 1950.