Assertion: ragwort's alkaloid | /r/HasProperty | poisonous
Facets:
value: to most invertebrates
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to grazing animals
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Some species are cultivated as border plants or houseplants, and many species contain alkaloids that are poisonous to grazing animals.
text: When the plant is eaten they are transformed, mostly in the small intestine, into free alkaloids that are poisonous and that will damage the liver.
text: When the plant is eaten they are transformed, mostly in the small intestine, into free alkaloids that are poisonous and that will damage the liver.
text: Ragwort contains a poisonous alkaloid, which attacks the liver eventually causing death to the animal by cumulative build up over a period of time.
text: Common Ragwort contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids which is poisonous to most invertebrates although some such as the Cinnabar Moth use this trait to their advantage.