1. Penicillin
2./3. I don't want to draw the molecular structure for penicillin so I will put an image of it for you. The left one is the line-angle molecular structure and the right one is the molecular structure.
4. On my homework number four consisted of me circling and labeling the functional groups. The double bond "O" represents a ketone, the "HN" represents an amines, and the double bond "O" and single bond "OH" is carboxylic acid.
5. Pencillin is used to treat bacterial diseases. When penicillin interacts with bacteria in the body, it interferes withthe bacteria by hindering the synthesis of the cell wall. This makes the bacteria unable to multiply and spread and eventually kills it in the body.
6. Penicillin was develpoed by a Scottish born doctor named Alexander Fleming. In 1928, he discovered that stapholycocci could be dissolved by a fluid produced by the mould. That something that was dissolving the bacteria is now penicillin. Pzifer (Miles says Benxyl and Smara says there is too many to name) was teh company to successfully produce penicillin. In Africa it is very difficult to obtain penicillin because of the availibility.
7. The major side effects of penicillin are allergic reactions which cause chills, fever, and a rash.
8. In the Meningitis Belt in Africa, people infected with meningitis are treated with a single-dose of oily chloramphenicol. This drug is also effective against bacteria and is rarely prescribed for infections that can be treated with other antibiotics because of its toxicity.
P.S. Like I said in the post before, I did no work pertaining to this project this weekend...besides this homework.
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