Q. Read the following statement having two blanks (A and B): "A drug used for ___(A)___ patients is obtained from a species of the organism ___(B)___." The one correct option for the two blanks is
A) A: Swine flu, B: Monascus
B) A: AIDS, B: Pseudomonas
C) A: Heart, B: Penicillium
D) A: Organ-transplant, B: Trichoderma
Explanation
[Solution from source] Cyclosporin A, an immunosuppressant given to organ-transplant patients, is obtained from the fungus Trichoderma polysporum. Monascus yields statins (cholesterol-lowering), and Penicillium yields penicillin, an antibiotic rather than a heart drug. Answer (4).
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