Tincture of iodine is used as - 

1. Antiseptic

2. Analgesic 

3. Disinfectant

4. Antidepressant

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The use of aspartame is limited to cold foods and drinks because:

1. It is unstable when heated and decomposes at cooking temperature.
2. It is 500 times sweeter than cane sugar.
3. It becomes bitter at cooking temperature.
4. It reacts with the food at cooking temperature.

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Forces that are involved in holding the drug to the active site of the enzyme are-

1. Ionic bonding

2. Hydrogen bonding

3. Dipole-dipole interaction

4. All of the above

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Soaps do not work in hard water because:

1. Calcium and magnesium ions displace sodium or potassium from their salts and form insoluble calcium or magnesium salts of fatty acids.
2. Sodium or potassium ions displace calcium and magnesium from their salts and form insoluble calcium or magnesium salts of fatty acids.
3. Calcium and magnesium ions displace sodium or potassium from their salts and form insoluble sodium or potassium salts of fatty acids.
4. None of the above.
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Drugs can be classified on the basis of:

1. Pharmacological effect.

2. Chemical structure.

3. Molecular targets.

4. All of the above.

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A better substitute of Mg(OH)2 as medicine is-

1. Ranitidine

2. Histamine

3. Cyclopam

4. Ipranzoid

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The term "target molecules or drug targets" is used in medicinal chemistry, which means

1. Key molecules involved in certain metabolic pathways that result in specific diseases.
2. Key molecules involved in certain catabolic pathways that result in specific diseases.
3. Key molecules involved in certain anabolic pathways that result in specific diseases.
4. None of the above.
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Antacids and antiallergic drugs interfere with the function of histamines but do not interfere with the function of each other because:

1. Antacids and anti-allergic drugs work on the same receptors.
2. Antacids and anti-allergic drugs work on different receptors.
3. Antacids and anti-allergic drugs work on different organs.
4. Antacids and anti-allergic drugs work on the same organs.
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Artificial sweetening agents are:

1. Chemicals that sweeten food and do not add calories to our body.
2. Chemicals that sweeten food and add calories to our body.
3. Chemicals that do not sweeten food and do not add calories to our body.
4. Chemicals that do not sweeten food and add calories to our body.
Subtopic:  Food - Preservatives, Artificial Sweeteners & Antioxidants |
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The correct statement among the following regarding cationic detergent is/are:

1. These are sodium salts of long chain alcohols or alkylbenzenesulphonic acids.
2. Sodium 4-(1-dodecyl) benzenesulphonate (SDS) is an example of an anionic detergent.
3. These are quaternary ammonium salts of acetates, chlorides, or bromides of amine.
4. None of the above.
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