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Agriculture · Q263

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 263

Q263

Nicotine cause failure of nervous system and commercially available as

A.
Nicotine sulphate
Answer
B.
Nicotine phosphate
C.
Nicotine
D.
Nicotinic acid

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Nicotine cause failure of nervous system and commercially available as Nicotine sulphate.
Nicotine is a naturally produced alkaloid in the nightshade family of plants and is widely used recreationally as a stimulant and anxiolytic.
Nicotine acts as a receptor agonist at most nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, except at two nicotinic receptor subunits (nAChRα9 and nAChRα10) where it acts as a receptor antagonist.
By binding to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain, nicotine elicits its psychoactive effects and increases the levels of several neurotransmitters in various brain structures.