Chemistry - CHEMISTRY IN EVERYDAY LIFE Question with Solution | TestHub
Evaluate the correct matching order of the following terms.
| i | Narcotic drugs | a | Artificial sweetner |
| ii. | Saponification | b | Heroin |
| iii | Alitame | c | Hydrolysis of fats and oils |
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(i) Narcotic drugs: Certain narcotics are also used as analgesics. For example, morphine and its derivatives codeine, heroin, marijuana are used in server pain as analgesics. These are known to be habit-forming.(ii) Saponification: When oil and fats are heated with a solution of sodium hydroxide, they break down to sodium salt of the respective fatty acid and glycerol. This process of making soap by the hydrolysis of fats and oils with alkalies is called saponification.(iii) Alitame: It is more stable than aspartame during cooking. It is high potency sweetener and one main difficulty with alitame and similar type of high potency sweetener is the difficulty in controlling the sweeteners of the food.
