Assertion: toxin | /r/CreatedBy | organism
Facets:
value: in nature
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: • A toxin is a harmful chemical produced by an organism; therefore, they are always natural.
text: A toxin is a poisonous substance produced within living cells or organisms.
text: For the sake of clarity: poison, toxin and venom are terms for any substance that injures the health or destroys life when absorbed into the system: poison is the general word, toxin is a poison produced by an organism (plant, fungus, animal); it is especially used in medicine in reference to disease-causing bacterial secretions, venom is especially used of the poisons secreted by certain animals, usually injected by bite or sting.
text: Toxins are poisons produced by organisms in nature, and venoms are toxins injected by a bite or sting (this is exclusive to animals).
text: A toxin is a poisonous substance produced by living cells or organisms that is active at very low concentrations.
text: A toxin is a poisonous substance produced within living cells or organisms; synthetic toxicants created by artificial processes are thus excluded.