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Associationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Cardenolide defence correlations between different plant parts of Asclepias syriaca are minimal.

Taxon: Asclepias syriacaAsclepias syriacae0
Organ / stage: different plant partse1
Outcome: correlations between defence of different plant partse1
Direction: minimale1

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“Using common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), which produces toxic cardenolides”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 361–437

e1
“We found minimal correlations between defence of different plant parts, or in the performance of the insect species”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 639–754

Title

Costs of toxin ingestion versus costs of sequestration in a community of specialized herbivores

Xosé López-Goldar; Paola Andrea Rubiano-Buitrago; Amy P. Hastings; et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2026. doi:10.1098/rspb.2026.0044

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Correlations in the performance of the specialist insect species are minimal.

Taxon: Asclepias syriacaAsclepias syriacae0
Interactor: specialist beetles, caterpillars and bugse2herbivore
Outcome: performance of the insect speciese1
Direction: minimale1

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e0
“Using common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), which produces toxic cardenolides”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 361–437

e1
“We found minimal correlations between defence of different plant parts, or in the performance of the insect species”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 639–754

e2
“in the native community of specialist beetles, caterpillars and bugs”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 519–587

Title

Costs of toxin ingestion versus costs of sequestration in a community of specialized herbivores

Xosé López-Goldar; Paola Andrea Rubiano-Buitrago; Amy P. Hastings; et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2026. doi:10.1098/rspb.2026.0044

Other claims from this paper (4)

Associationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

None of the three specialist insect species had its performance affected by ingesting cardenolides.

Taxon: Asclepias syriacaAsclepias syriacae0
Treatment: ingesting cardenolidese3
Interactor: specialist beetles, caterpillars and bugse2herbivore
Outcome: performancee1

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e0
“Using common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), which produces toxic cardenolides”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 361–437

e1
“We found minimal correlations between defence of different plant parts, or in the performance of the insect species”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 639–754

e2
“in the native community of specialist beetles, caterpillars and bugs”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 519–587

e3
“None of the three species was affected by ingesting cardenolides”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 836–900

Title

Costs of toxin ingestion versus costs of sequestration in a community of specialized herbivores

Xosé López-Goldar; Paola Andrea Rubiano-Buitrago; Amy P. Hastings; et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2026. doi:10.1098/rspb.2026.0044

Other claims from this paper (4)

Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

All three specialist insect species showed a cost of cardenolide sequestration.

Taxon: Asclepias syriacaAsclepias syriacae0
Interactor: specialist beetles, caterpillars and bugse2herbivore
Outcome: cost of sequestratione4

Not reportedDirection

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e0
“Using common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), which produces toxic cardenolides”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 361–437

e2
“in the native community of specialist beetles, caterpillars and bugs”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 519–587

e4
“all species showed a cost of sequestration, which probably emerged from physiological limits”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 965–1057

Title

Costs of toxin ingestion versus costs of sequestration in a community of specialized herbivores

Xosé López-Goldar; Paola Andrea Rubiano-Buitrago; Amy P. Hastings; et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2026. doi:10.1098/rspb.2026.0044

Other claims from this paper (4)

Mechanismhypothesisoriginal resultmeasured

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The cost of sequestration is probably caused by physiological limits.

Taxon: Asclepias syriacaAsclepias syriacae0
Outcome: cost of sequestratione4
Qualifier: physiological limitse4

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e0
“Using common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), which produces toxic cardenolides”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 361–437

e4
“all species showed a cost of sequestration, which probably emerged from physiological limits”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 965–1057

Title

Costs of toxin ingestion versus costs of sequestration in a community of specialized herbivores

Xosé López-Goldar; Paola Andrea Rubiano-Buitrago; Amy P. Hastings; et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2026. doi:10.1098/rspb.2026.0044

Other claims from this paper (4)

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Asclepias syriaca lies within the trait range of the regional species pool.

Taxon: Asclepias syriacaAsclepias syriacat0
Outcome: trait range of the regional species poole1

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“Similarity in Persistence Traits Is Important for CoExistence With Perennial Invasive Asclepias syriaca but Not Annual Invasive Conyza canadensis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–145

e1
“We found that both invasive species were in the trait range of the regional species pool”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1161–1249

Title

Anikó Csecserits; Boglárka Berki; Edina Csákvári; et al. Journal of Vegetation Science 2025. doi:10.1111/jvs.70081

Other claims from this paper (4)

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Where cover of Asclepias syriaca was higher, similar species occurred with a higher probability.

Taxon: Asclepias syriacaAsclepias syriacat0
Treatment: cover of A. syriacae3
Outcome: occurred with a higher probabilitye3
Direction: highere3

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t0
“Similarity in Persistence Traits Is Important for CoExistence With Perennial Invasive Asclepias syriaca but Not Annual Invasive Conyza canadensis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–145

e3
“Where the cover of A. syriaca was higher, similar species occurred with a higher probability”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1438–1530

Title

Anikó Csecserits; Boglárka Berki; Edina Csákvári; et al. Journal of Vegetation Science 2025. doi:10.1111/jvs.70081

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Asclepias leaf extract had total phenol content of 43.3 ± 1.5 mg GAE g −1 dry extract.

Taxon: Asclepias syriaca L.Asclepias syriacat0
Outcome: TPCe0
Value: 43.3 ± 1.5 mg GAE g −1 dry extracte0

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t0
“Asclepias syriaca L.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 26–46

e0
“The TPC was 43.3 ± 1.5 mg GAE g −1 dry extract”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 413–459

Title

Phytochemical analysis of Asclepias syriaca L. leaf extract and its potential phytotoxic effect on some invasive weeds

Jelena Gajić Umiljendić; Marija Sarić-Krsmanović; Ljiljana Radivojević; et al. Scientific Reports 2025. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-90940-1

Other claims from this paper (15)

Observation DPPH radical scavenging IC50 of the extract was 0.651 mg ml −1.
Observation FRAP value of the extract was 38.7 ± 1.5 μmol Fe 2+ g −1 d.e.
Observation The extract contained 15 quantified phenolics: four flavonoids, seven hydroxybenzoic acids and four hydroxycinnamic acids.
Observation Delphinidin was the most abundant quantified compound at 32.5 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation 4-hydroxybenzoic acid content was 1.810 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation Rutin content was 1.533 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation p-coumaric acid content was 1.131 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation Quercetin content was 1.071 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation Gallic acid content was 0.946 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation Protocatechuic acid content was 0.598 mg g −1 d.e.
Intervention effect Asclepias extract inhibited tested weed seed germination by 68 to 100% at all concentrations.
Intervention effect Asclepias extract inhibited weed root growth by 72% to 97–100%.
Intervention effect Asclepias extract inhibited weed shoot growth by 74 to 100%.
Intervention effect Pot bioassays found significant oxidative stress in extract-treated weeds.
Intervention effect Pot bioassays found lower relative chlorophyll content in extract-treated weeds.

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

DPPH radical scavenging IC50 of the extract was 0.651 mg ml −1.

Taxon: Asclepias syriaca L.Asclepias syriacat0
Outcome: IC50 value of DPPH radical scavenging activitye0
Value: 0.651 mg ml −1e0

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t0
“Asclepias syriaca L.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 26–46

e0
“IC50 value of DPPH radical scavenging activity was 0.651 mg ml −1”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 467–532

Title

Phytochemical analysis of Asclepias syriaca L. leaf extract and its potential phytotoxic effect on some invasive weeds

Jelena Gajić Umiljendić; Marija Sarić-Krsmanović; Ljiljana Radivojević; et al. Scientific Reports 2025. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-90940-1

Other claims from this paper (15)

Observation Asclepias leaf extract had total phenol content of 43.3 ± 1.5 mg GAE g −1 dry extract.
Observation FRAP value of the extract was 38.7 ± 1.5 μmol Fe 2+ g −1 d.e.
Observation The extract contained 15 quantified phenolics: four flavonoids, seven hydroxybenzoic acids and four hydroxycinnamic acids.
Observation Delphinidin was the most abundant quantified compound at 32.5 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation 4-hydroxybenzoic acid content was 1.810 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation Rutin content was 1.533 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation p-coumaric acid content was 1.131 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation Quercetin content was 1.071 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation Gallic acid content was 0.946 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation Protocatechuic acid content was 0.598 mg g −1 d.e.
Intervention effect Asclepias extract inhibited tested weed seed germination by 68 to 100% at all concentrations.
Intervention effect Asclepias extract inhibited weed root growth by 72% to 97–100%.
Intervention effect Asclepias extract inhibited weed shoot growth by 74 to 100%.
Intervention effect Pot bioassays found significant oxidative stress in extract-treated weeds.
Intervention effect Pot bioassays found lower relative chlorophyll content in extract-treated weeds.

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

FRAP value of the extract was 38.7 ± 1.5 μmol Fe 2+ g −1 d.e.

Taxon: Asclepias syriaca L.Asclepias syriacat0
Outcome: FRAP valuee0
Value: 38.7 ± 1.5 μmol Fe 2+ g −1 d.e.e0

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t0
“Asclepias syriaca L.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 26–46

e0
“FRAP value was 38.7 ± 1.5 μmol Fe 2+ g −1 d.e.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 537–583

Title

Phytochemical analysis of Asclepias syriaca L. leaf extract and its potential phytotoxic effect on some invasive weeds

Jelena Gajić Umiljendić; Marija Sarić-Krsmanović; Ljiljana Radivojević; et al. Scientific Reports 2025. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-90940-1

Other claims from this paper (15)

Observation Asclepias leaf extract had total phenol content of 43.3 ± 1.5 mg GAE g −1 dry extract.
Observation DPPH radical scavenging IC50 of the extract was 0.651 mg ml −1.
Observation The extract contained 15 quantified phenolics: four flavonoids, seven hydroxybenzoic acids and four hydroxycinnamic acids.
Observation Delphinidin was the most abundant quantified compound at 32.5 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation 4-hydroxybenzoic acid content was 1.810 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation Rutin content was 1.533 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation p-coumaric acid content was 1.131 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation Quercetin content was 1.071 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation Gallic acid content was 0.946 mg g −1 d.e.
Observation Protocatechuic acid content was 0.598 mg g −1 d.e.
Intervention effect Asclepias extract inhibited tested weed seed germination by 68 to 100% at all concentrations.
Intervention effect Asclepias extract inhibited weed root growth by 72% to 97–100%.
Intervention effect Asclepias extract inhibited weed shoot growth by 74 to 100%.
Intervention effect Pot bioassays found significant oxidative stress in extract-treated weeds.
Intervention effect Pot bioassays found lower relative chlorophyll content in extract-treated weeds.

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