7., (4 points) What is a chiral receptor? What roles do chiral receptors play in

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7., (4 points) What is a chiral receptor? What roles do chiral receptors play in biological systems? 8) (6 points) Does the fact that the two enantiomers of Isofurane do not act the same support or disprove the hypothesis listed above? Explain your answer. Mode of delivery for drugs plays a very important part of the design of compounds. Inhalation anesthetics as their name implies are delivered to the body via the lungs. The anesthetic enters the lungs and is absorbed through the alveoli by passive diffusion. It then passively diffuses into the bloodstream which in turn delivers it to all tissue throughout the body, where once again the anesthetic passively diffuses into the tissue. inhaled exhaled gases alveoli blood ? tissue 9.) (6 points) Explain why an anesthetic diffuses from the inhaled air into the lungs onward to the tissue in terms of partial pressure 10) (6 points) Explain why anesthetics ust be continually administered to keep a patient from waking up? Hint-the anesthetics are not metabolized by the body 1) (6 points) Explain how an anesthesiologist can use the partial pressure of anesthetic being delivered to a patient to determine amount delivered Hint-in chemistry, amount refers to moles

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Question 7.

Definition and role of chiral receptors.

The chiral receptors are the enzymes (efficient catalysts optimized by nature over billions of years) in our cells are chiral, as are other receptors that play an important part in cell machinery. This means that they prefer to bind to one of the enantiomers. In other words, the receptors are extremely selective; only one of the enantiomers fits the receptor's site like a key that fits a lock.

Example: Two enantiomers of limonene are chiral.

The R-isomer smells of oranges, whereas the S-isomer smells of lemons.

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