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Carbon and its Compounds — Science STD 10 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10ScienceCarbon and its Compounds3 Marks
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Intake of small quantity of methanol can be lethal. Comment.
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Answer

When methanol is entered in our body, it is metabolized in the liver and form formaldehyde which further converted to formate. Formate is essential for survival because it acts as building block for many biomolecules but high levels of it can cause toxicity.
Formaldehyde also reacts with living cells and can cause coagulation of protoplasm. Excess of methanol in our body also affects the optic nerve and can cause blindness.

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