Intake of small quantity of methanol can lethal
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Yes intake of even small quantity of methanol can be lethal and can be proved fatal. Methanol is oxidised to methane l in the liver.it reacts rapidly with the components of cells. it causes the protoplasm to get coagulated in much the same when egg is coagulated by cooking. Methanol also affects optic nerve causing blindness.ethanol is most important industrial solvent and to prevent the misuse of ethanol produced for industrial use it is made unfit for drinking by adding poisonous substance like methanol to it.dice are also added to coloured the alcohol blue so that it can be identified easily and such alcohol is called denatured alcohol.
Methanol is oxidised to methanal in the liver. Methanal reacts rapidly with the components of cells. It causes the protoplasm to coagulate. It also affects the optic nerve, causing blindness.