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Chemistry in Everyday Life
1.0 Chemicals In Medicine And Health Care
2.0 Drugs And Medicines
2.1 Analgesics
2.2 Control of microbial diseases
2.3 Antibiotics
2.4 Broad spectrum antibiotics
2.5 Sulpha Drugs
2.6 Antihistamines
2.7 Antiseptics and Disinfectants
3.0 Dyes
4.0 Cosmetics
5.0 New High Performance Materials
6.0 Ceramics
7.0 Chemicals In Food
8.0 Detergents
9.0 Rocket Propellants
10.0 Insect Sex Attractants (Pheromones)
2.3 Antibiotics
2.2 Control of microbial diseases
2.3 Antibiotics
2.4 Broad spectrum antibiotics
2.5 Sulpha Drugs
2.6 Antihistamines
2.7 Antiseptics and Disinfectants
Antibiotics are now defined as chemical substances (produced wholly or partially by chemical synthesis), which in low concentration, either kill or inhibit the growth of micro organisms by intervening in their metabolic processes.
For example: (i) firetantibiotic, penicillin (ii) Chrysogenum
Types of antibiotics
The antibiotics can be either bacterial or bacteriostatic.
Bactericidal Bacteriostatic
Penicillin Erythromycin
Aminoglycosiders Tetracydine
Ofloxacin Chlroamphenicol