BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

Detailed explanation-1: -Anthelmintics are used in the treatment of worm infections. Piperazine is used to treat: common roundworms (ascariasis) and. pinworms (enterobiasis; oxyuriasis).

Detailed explanation-2: -Dichlorvos (2, 2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate, commonly abbreviated as an DDVP) is an organophosphate widely used as an insecticide to control household pests, in public health, and protecting stored products from insects.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dichlorvos, an organophosphate, is a predominant pesticide used in domestic insect control in developing countries. Acute and prolonged exposure may lead to death, genotoxic, neurological, reproductive, carcinogenic, immunological, hepatic, renal, respiratory, metabolic, dermal and other systemic effects.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mechanism of action Piperazine acts as a -aminobutyric acid (GABA) agonist, causing chloride channel opening, neural hyperpolarization and flaccid paralysis of susceptible parasites. Affected worms are then expelled from their predilection sites by normal enteric movements.