A man was found having nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, sweating, confusion and agitation follow. His next of kin told the triage that he accidentally swallow a rodent poison, which he thought it is some kind of candy placed on the kitchen table. The lab results were positive for fluoroacetate toxic. As a pathology researcher, you have to explain the whole situation (biochemically) to a bunch of industrial trainees in your pathology lab. Properties Sodium fluoroacetate @ 1080 poisons. Derivatives of acetic acids. Found in plants (Australia, South America & Africa) as a defense mechanism towards pest. Use as metabolite poisons. How fluoroacetate spread : - inhalation, skin & ingestion. Physicals properties: odorless, colourless, dissolve easily in water. Taste: like sodium salt |
Is the process reversible?
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