Chemistry in Everyday Life Test - 1

Boric acid used in talcum powder serves as an antiseptic.

Histamine is an inflammatory chemical that the body releases in the case of an allergic reaction. The release of histamine causes the dilation of capillaries, the contraction of smooth muscles (like the ones in your stomach and bladder) and the stimulation of gastric secretion.

Aspirin is an antipyretic, anti-inflammatory as well as an analgesic.

Aspirin is not a habit-forming analgesic.

Dysentery results from viral infections, bacterial infections, or parasitic infections.

Piperazine is not an antibiotic.

Chloramphenicol is an antibiotic used against serious infections, such as typhoid fever.

Mestranol, also known as ethinyl estradiol methyl ether, is a synthetic, steroidal estrogen that has been widely used medically as a birth control pill.

Benperidol is a butyrophenone derivative. It is an antipsychotic which can be used for the treatment of schizophrenia, but it is primarily used to control antisocial hypersexual behaviour, and is sometimes prescribed to sex offenders as a condition of their parole, as an alternative to anti-androgen drugs such as cyproterone.