Nicotine solutions are available from lawn and garden stores as an insecticide. Why must gardener handle this product with extreme care?
The reason to handle nicotine with extreme care.
Answer to Problem 16TE
Nicotine is a highly addictive drug and it binds with the neurotransmitters due to which our heart feels stressed.
Explanation of Solution
Nicotine is a toxic stimulant if taken in higher amounts. The lethal dosage of the nicotine is around milligrams. The stimulant nicotine is highly addictive as the craving for nicotine in smokers is six time than the other stimulants such as cocaine. Also, the smoke produced by the burning of nicotine has ill effects over the human body as the nicotine binds with the neurotransmitter acetylcholine due to which neurotransmitters losses their ability to bind with the neurons. Due to which the nerve cells gets stressed and as a result of which our heart feels stressed.
Conclusion:
Therefore, nicotine is a highly addictive drug and it binds with the neurotransmitters due to which our heart feels stressed.
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