In this article we will discuss about the history of the development of antibiotics. There are several ways of killing the microorganisms such as sterilization, pasteurization by using high temperature, UV light, high pressure, steam, chemicals, etc. However, when the pathogenic microbe is inside the human body none of these methods are feasible except using antimicrobial chemotherapeutic agents that include [...]
The below mentioned article provides an essay on antibiotics. Organic compounds produced by fungi and other organisms, especially bacteria which inhibit the life processes of microorganisms are known as antibiotics. But Waksman (1947) defined antibiotics as organic compounds produced by microorganisms, which in dilute concentrations have the capacity to inhibit the growth and even destroy other microorganisms. Other workers in [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Discovery of Penicillin 2. Structure and Types of Penicillin 3. Antibiotic Spectrum 4. Mechanism of Action. Discovery of Penicillin: The first penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1929 as a product of fungus Penicillium notatum was the penicillin G. Also, penicillin G became the first clinically effective antibiotic. Even with the use [...]