Breathing and Exchange of Gases Question 36
36. Which part of poppy plant is used to obtain the drug “Smack”?
[2018]
(a) Flowers
(b) Latex
(c) Leaves
(d) Roots
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Answer : b
Hints & Solution
(b) ‘Smack’ also called as brown sugar/ Heroin is formed by acetylation of morphine. It is obtained from the latex of unripe capsule of Poppy plant (Papaver somniferum).
