A very interesting story will happen when you anesthetize a ... tree

Do you think plants are affected by anesthetics and anesthetics like humans or animals?

When we mention the words "anesthesia" , we know it is often used in medical examination and treatment, which is a method to help us fall asleep so that we no longer feel pain.

Ancient people knew how to use some herbs for sedation and sleep. But by the middle of the nineteenth century, the cradle of anesthesia method could be said, after scientists applied diethyl etherto (also known as ether) during surgery.

But what happens if you use anesthetic on plants? It will be very interesting!

Anesthetic also works on plants.

After only a few decades since the creation of the ether, scientists have realized that the narcotic drug also works on plants. Claude Bernard, a French physiologist, conducted a study and concluded that plants and animals share a common sense mechanism for narcotic drugs.

But how is that effect? Years later, the scientific community is still seeking answers. And finally in a recent study conducted by experts from Japan and Europe, they got the answer.

Specifically, the team has returned to the process of some plants exposed to anesthetic chemicals. The first is a virgin flower (Mimosa pudica) - a plant with a very sensitive leaf set, which will clap when anything touches. But when exposed to diethyl ether, the reaction disappeared.

This is what happens when you touch an embarrassing tree.

And this is after anesthesia.

In other words, the ability to "leaf" makes the name of this plant completely disabled. It wasn't until 7 o'clock later that it returned to normal. Not only that, in another experiment using lidocaine - an anesthetic, shameful flowers also became "shiny forehead", could not be leafed anymore.

Similar is Venus flytrap (dionaea muscipula) famous for its appearance as a man-eating monster. When exposed to ether, flower plants no longer trap any flies.

Fly trap tree .

Or like Cape sundew - one of the world's super rare carnivorous plants. They possess very sticky leaves that can catch insects, roll up and re-eat within 30 minutes. But after using anesthesia, the flies kept being indifferent on the leaves without doing anything.

Or Cape Sundew will be disabled if you have anesthesia.

So why are plants also "motionless" because of anesthetic like humans? According to experts, it may be because the drug inhibits electrical impulses when plants perform biological functions.

"Bioelectricity is not only present in humans and animals, but plants also have," experts say.

What does this study mean? By identifying similarities with the effects of anesthetics between plants and humans, science believes that will be a major turning point.We might consider testing anesthesia on plants first , changing the experiment on animals as it is now - something many organizations are vehemently opposed to.

The study is published in the journal Annals of Botany.