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nutrient (Nutrient)

A BiologicallyActiveSubstance produced or required by an Organism, of primary interest because of its role in the biologic functioning of the Organism.

Ontology

SUMO / OBJECTS

Superclass(es)

[tree]
entity
is subclass of
  physical  
is subclass of
  object  
is subclass of
  self connected object  
is subclass of
  substance  
is subclass of
  biologically active substance  
is subclass of
[tree]
entity
is subclass of
  physical  
is subclass of
  object  
is subclass of
  self connected object  
is subclass of
  substance  
is subclass of
  pure substance  
is subclass of
  compound substance  
is subclass of
is subclass of
  nutrient  

Subclass(es)

protein  carbohydrate  vitamin 

Coordinate term(s)

hormone  molecule  water 

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Axioms (2)

nutrient is disjointly decomposed into protein,carbohydrate,vitamin. 
(disjointDecomposition Nutrient Protein Carbohydrate Vitamin)
If food is an instance of food, then there exists nutrient nutrient so that nutrient is a part of food. 
(=>
      (instance ?FOOD Food)
      (exists
            (?NUTRIENT)
            (and
                  (instance ?NUTRIENT Nutrient)
                  (part ?NUTRIENT ?FOOD))))