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Agriculture · Q35

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 35

Q35

The chemical which is used to anaesthetize nematodes is

A.
Dichloro-triethyl ether
Answer
B.
Dichloro-diethyl ether
C.
Diphenyl propyl
D.
Propylene diester

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
The chemical which is used to anaesthetize nematodes is Dichloro-triethyl ether.
This chemical is obsolete as a general anesthetic. It is highly inflammable and therefore incompatible with modern surgical and anesthetic techniques.
It has an unpleasant smell and irritates mucous membranes; this can cause coughing, straining, laryngeal spasm, and hypersalivation.
It is largely supplanted the use of chloroform as a general anesthetic due to ether's more favourable therapeutic index, that is, a greater difference between an effective dose and a potentially toxic dose.