Question

What is penicillin
What are the functions

Answer 1

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Penicillin is a group of antibiotics which include penicillin G, penicillin V, procaine penicillin, and benzathine penicillin. Penicillin antibiotics were among the first medications to be effective against many bacterial infections caused by staphylococci and streptococci

Formula: C9H11N2O4S

Molar mass: 243.26 g·mol−1


Function. Penicillins work by bursting the cell wall of bacteria. Drugs in thepenicillin class work by indirectly bursting bacterial cell walls. They do this by acting directly on peptidoglycans, which play an essential structural role in bacterial cells

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