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Compounds with Medicinal Properties - Analgesics and Antipyretics

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Maharashtra State Board: Class 12

Key Points: Analgesics and Antipyretics

Analgesics:

Drugs that relieve pain without causing loss of consciousness

Two types:

Type Example Key Feature
Non-narcotic Aspirin, Paracetamol No addiction; safe
Narcotic Morphine, Codeine Acts on the CNS; causes addiction

Aspirin: also antiplatelet (prevents blood clotting)

Antipyretics:

Drugs that reduce fever (body temperature)

Example: Paracetamol (also analgesic)

Artificial Sweetening Agents:

Agent Key Fact
Saccharin First artificial sweetener
Aspartame Not used in heating (unstable)
Alitame More stable than aspartame
Sucralose Chlorinated derivative of sucrose
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