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Question
Give Reasons for the following.
We gargle with saline water in case of throat infection.
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Solution
The salt solution (saline water) is hypertonic and when we gargle with it, comes in contact of infection causing bacteria in the throat. The water present in the bacterial cell comes out causing plasmolysis and they get killed giving us relief from infection.
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