Report on Discovery of Penicillin and Its Chemical Properties
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PENICILLIN
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTIONThere is a variety of medicinal drugs that were developed for their antithetic functions.However, it should be recognized that the simpler antibiotic drug Penicillin is proven to be mosteffective against many of the bacterial infections (Fernandes, Amador and Prudêncio, 2013).The present report will emphasize on the discovery of penicillin along with its chemicalproperties. Further, the undertaking essay will shed lights on the usefulness of mentioned drug inthe modern-day society. This will be accomplished by analysing its major advantages. Further,its cons will be studied in the present report. MAIN BODYPenicillin is a widely used antibiotic used for various bacterial infections due to itseffectiveness. This drug is proved as a true turning point in human history by having a tool thatcan completely cure the patients from the infectious diseases. It was first discovered in 1928 by abacteriologist Alexander Fleming. The history behind this evolution is very interesting. Flemingonce returned from hi summer vacations and found a messy lab bench. He then startedexamining some colonies of Staphylococcus aureus and observed that a mould called penicillinnotatum had contaminated the Petri dishes (Fernandes, Amador and Prudêncio, 2013). When heexamined these dishes attentively under microscope it has been observed that the contaminationof mould has prevented the growth of staphylococci. Later, Fleming took furthermore weeks tobe sure about this fact meanwhile he had confirmed his findings by analysing the same results.This research has lead to the development of the most effective and powerful antibioticovernight. However, this medicine was taken for use after a time of 14 years. It was first appliedto Anne Miller, a civilian that was lying near death due to an infection that led to bloodpoisoning. However, it should be noted that due to lack of laboratory research and suitablechemistry support thus to analyse that on which germs it is most effective and what isappropriate method to use it, the work fell to Dr. Howard Florey, a pathology professor. Adetailed research was then undertaken by the mentioned professor and his team for analysing theeffectiveness of penicillin. After passing all the laboratory tests, the drug was made ready for use(Nicolaou, 2014).The chemical structure of penicillin was determined by Dorothy CrowfootHodgkin in 1940. The selected compound is a group of antibiotics that includes penicillin G,
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