Question

What are antibiotics and antiseptics??

it is not a biology question.
class12 : chemistry​

Answer 1

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Antibiotics are chemical compounds used to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria.

An antiseptic is a chemical agent that slows or stops the growth of micro-organisms on external surfaces of the body and helps to prevent infections.

Answer 2

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Antibiotics are substances produced wholly or partly by chemical synthesis, which in low concentrations inhibit the growth or destroy micro-organisms by intervening in their metabolic processes.

• Antibiotics which kill or inhibit a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria are said to be broad spectrum antibiotics.
• Those effective mainly against Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacteria are narrow spectrum antibiotics.
• For examples, penicillin (a bacterial and narrow spectrum antibiotic), ampicillin and amoxicillin (semisynthetic modifications of penicillin), ofloxacin (broad spectrum), erythromycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol (a bacterial and broad spectrum antibiotic), etc.

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These are applied to the living tissues such as wounds, cuts, ulcers and diseased skin surfaces.

• e.g., furacine, soframicine, dettol (a mixture of chloroxylenol and terpineol), 0.2% solution of phenol.