NEETBiologyHuman Health and DiseasesMCQ+4 / −1
Identify the molecules (a) and (b) shown below and select the right option giving their source and use.


- AMolecule (b) Heroin, Source Cannabis sativa, Use Depressant and slows down body functions
- BMolecule (a) Morphine, Source Papaver somniferum , Use Sedative and pain killer
- CMolecule (a) Cocaine, Source Erythroxylum coca , Use Accelerates the transport of dopamine
- DMolecule (b) Cannabinoid, Source Atropa belladona, Use Produces hallucinations
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Correct answer: B
Molecule (a) represents structure of morphine. Morphine is the most abundant alkaloid found in opium, the dried sap (latex) derived from shallowly slicing the unripe seedpods of the opium, or common and/or edible, poppy-Papaver somniferum. Morphine is a potent opiate analgesic drug that is used to relieve severe pain.
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