Q18 / 370 · NTA Abhyas (NEET) 2020 · Zoology · Human Health and Diseases

Heroin or brown sugar is:

  • A
    brown, odourless, sweet, crystalline compound
  • B
    brown, odourless, sweet, amorphous compound
  • Correct answer
    C
    white, odourless, bitter, crystalline compound
  • D
    white, odourless, bitter, amorphous compound

Solution

Heroine or brown sugar or smack is obtained by acetylation of morphine. It is chemically diacetylmorphine and is a white, bitter, odourless crystalline compound. It is a CNS depressant.

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'C'.

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