(a) Which one of the following drugs is an antibiotic:
Equanil, Ofloxacin, Aspirin, Luminal
(b) Why is use of aspartame limited to cold food and drinks?
(c) Why do we require artifical sweeting agents?
(a) Oflaxacin is an antibiotic.
(b) Aspartame becomes unstable at high temperature and hence gets converted into a harmful substance called phenylalanine. Thus, it is limited to cold food and drink.
(c) Artifical sweetner has zero calorific value and hence is used by diabetic patients.