Question
Download Solution PDFWhich of the following was the first antibiotic discovered?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer: Penicillin
Key Points
- Antibiotics are medicines used to kill or weaken bacteria and also protozoa to some extent.
- Antibiotics can be natural, semi-synthetic, or synthetic.
- Penicillin in 1928 by Alexander Fleming was obtained from Penicillium Notatum.
- These are a group of antibacterial drugs obtained from Penicillium fungi.
- Penicillin fights the bacteria by attacking the cell wall-forming substances (peptidoglycans).
- Anne Miller was the first patient who got treated using penicillin in 1942.
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