antibiotics and penicillin

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Antibiotics and Penicillin Antibiotics was created to kill the growth of infectious organisms, produced by bacteria or molds that are toxic to other micro- organisms .Antibiotic refers to antibacterials all antibiotics are more toxic to an organism than they are to an animal or human. How they made antibiotics was not understood until the late 20th century. the principle of using organic compounds to fight infection has been known since ancient times. Plant extracts were …

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…in terms of international units. Each of these units is equal to 0.0006 g of the crystalline fraction of penicillin. In the early days of penicillin the drug was given in small doses every three hours now just with one injection it can last four weeks. Depending on the kind of penicillin it could vary in price but they are very cheap. a pack of 24 tablets can only cost eight dollars. In my opinion I th