The phrase "as a possible causative" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing potential causes or factors that may lead to a particular outcome or effect.
Example: "The study suggests that environmental factors may act as a possible causative for the observed health issues in the population."
Alternatives: "as a potential cause" or "as a possible factor".
By converting fatty acyl-CoA and DAG into TAG, DGAT1 is considered to modulate the levels of the lipotoxic fatty acid derivate DAG, which is marked as a possible causative fatty acid intermediate in the onset of insulin resistance [17].
Deficiency in this metabolic pathway has been suggested as a possible causative factor in autism.
Haemophilus ducreyi has recently been identified as a possible causative agent of yaws-like lesions in the Pacific region.
Diet has been suggested and considered as a possible causative factor for at least 18 different types of cancer.
In the original Kabuki analysis, Ng et al. used a filtering method to identify MLL2 as a possible causative gene for Kabuki syndrome.
As a particular example of this, researchers have expressed interest in disruption of the glutamatergic synapse as a possible causative factor of autism.
To make such a distinction would require a more careful cataloging of all nearby anthropogenic sources, as well as perhaps a temporal coincidence with a possible causative tectonic event.
To the Editor: We read with great interest the recent study by Vicente and colleagues, who suspect the human bocavirus (HBoV), a newly detected parvovirus initially described as a respiratory pathogen, to be a possible causative agent of gastroenteritis in children (1 ).
On the basis of this finding we propose that dysadherin is a possible causative player in the process of acquiring an invasive phenotype, as well as a possible marker for invasiveness.
A prospective study could clarify a possible causative relation.
Even if a possible causative role of HCV in these autoimmune diseases cannot be totally excluded, these patients might be better classified as having a simple comorbidity.
