Class BIOLOGICALLY-ACTIVE-SUBSTANCE

A substance produced or required by an organism, of primary interest because of its role in the biologic functioning of the organism that produces it.

Subclass-Of: Chemical-viewed-functionally

The-Archetype: Reified-property

Axioms:

(Slot-Value-Type Biologically-Active-Substance
                 Complicates
                 Biologic-Function)

(Slot-Value-Type Biologically-Active-Substance
                 Alters
                 Anatomical-Structure)

(Slot-Value-Type Biologically-Active-Substance
                 Disrupts
                 Physiologic-Function)

(Slot-Value-Type Biologically-Active-Substance
                 Product-Of
                 Biologic-Function)

(Slot-Value-Type Biologically-Active-Substance
                 Cause-Of
                 Biologic-Function)

(<=> (Biologically-Active-Substance ?Self)
     (And (Chemical-Viewed-Functionally ?Self)
          (Value-Type ?Self Cause-Of Biologic-Function)
          (Forall (?A)
                  (=> (Resource-Of ?Self ?A)
                      (Or (Biologic-Function ?A) (Activity ?A))))
          (Value-Type ?Self Product-Of Biologic-Function)))

• Defined in theory: Biologic-substances
• Source code: Biologic-Substances.lisp