Question

ii) How was Penicillin useful in wars?
iv) How does Penicillin act on human blood?
(v) Fill in the blank with a suitable word from the passage.
(a) The water level decreases in the
in winters.
(b) Pencillin is the best medicine for the treatment of
vi) Match the following words in column ‘A’ with their meani​

Answer 1

During World War II, penicillin was used to combat infections in soldiers. During World War II, penicillin was used to combat infections in soldiers. ... Production ramped up so much that by the invasion of Normandy in June 1944, companies were producing 100 billion units of penicillin per month.

penicillin enters the active site as a substrate, but in the normal process of catalysis forms a covalent bond to permanently inactive the enzyme. This enzyme is essential for bacterial wall cross-linking, thus inactivation by penicillin disrupts bacterial integrity and causes death.