Question

5. ersons who accidently swallow something containing a heavy metal ion often take egg white as a first aid treatment. The second step in the treatment is to induce vomiting. What are the chemical principles which underlie this order of treatment? A. Egg albumin hydrolyses heavy metal ions which can then be eliminated from the body by vomiting. Heavy metal ions denature egg albumin forming an insoluble complex, and this precipitate can be eliminated from the body by vomiting. Heavy metal ions hydrolyse egg albumin into its amino acid components which can then be eliminated from the body by vomiting. Egg albumin ionizes heavy metal ion salts into cations and anions which can be eliminated from the body by vomiting.

Answer 1

The correct option is 6 Proteins are usually negatively charged called particles which are neutralised by the positively charged" heavy metal ions and then forns insoluble complete with the heavy metal ion. NHS . mnNH2 NH2 Insoluble complex