Question

Pick out the alkaloid among the following
A.Morphine
B.Curcumin
C.Cellulose
D.Ricin
E.Gum

Answer 1

Alkaloids are a category of basic, naturally occurring organic compounds that contain a minimum one nitrogen atom. This cluster also includes some other compounds with neutral and even infirm acidic properties. Some synthetic compounds of comparable structure may additionally be termed alkaloids.

Complete answer:
1.Alkaloids are produced by a large variety of organisms including bacteria, fungi, plants and animals. They can be purified from crude extracts of these organisms by various techniques.
2.Alkaloids have a wide variety of medicinal properties including antimalarial, antiasthma, anticancer, analgesic and antibacterial.
3.Other alkaloids possess psychotropic and stimulant activities. Alkaloids can be toxic too. Although alkaloids act on as a diversity of metabolic systems in humans and other animals, they nearly uniformly evoke a bitter style.
4.The primary individual alkaloid, morphine, was isolated in 1804 from poppy. Many artificial and semi-synthetic medications are structural modifications of the alkaloids that were designed to reinforce or change the first effect of the drug and scale back the side effect.eg: naloxone.
5.It is the primary site of action on the central nervous system (CNS) for decreased pain and used for both acute pain and chronic pain and as well as for pain from myocardial infarction and during labor.

Hence the correct answer is OPTION(A)

Note: Morphine is used in treating severe pain in patients. This drug belongs to opioid analgesics. It can be given to the patient by various routes such as by mouth, by injection into a muscle, by injection under the skin, intravenously, injection into the space around the spinal cord, or rectally.