Chapter Overview
The chapter ‘Chemistry in Everyday Life’ explores the significance of chemistry in health, food, and hygiene. It explains the chemical nature, classification, and applications of drugs, food additives like preservatives and artificial sweeteners, and cleansing agents including soaps and detergents. The chapter also discusses how different drugs function in the human body, and the formulation of various consumer products used in daily life.
Important Keywords
- Drugs: Chemicals used for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases.
- Antibiotics: Drugs that inhibit the growth of or destroy microorganisms.
- Analgesics: Pain-relieving drugs (e.g., aspirin, paracetamol).
- Antipyretics: Fever-reducing drugs.
- Antiseptics: Applied to living tissues to prevent infection (e.g., dettol).
- Disinfectants: Used on non-living objects to kill microorganisms (e.g., phenol).
- Food Preservatives: Prevent spoilage (e.g., sodium benzoate).
- Artificial Sweeteners: Provide sweetness without calories (e.g., saccharin, aspartame).
- Soaps: Sodium or potassium salts of long-chain fatty acids.
- Detergents: Synthetic cleaning agents that work even in hard water.
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