Penicillin 70
Abstract
Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, 1Iol. 34, No. 11, 1998 E. Lukevics 1 and G. Veinberg 2 It is 70 years since Nobel prize laureate Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. Consequently the antibiotic therapy concept based on the medical use of specific toxic metabolites produced by microorganisms in competition with one another in their natural environment has emerged. This event marked the beginning of the antibiotics era which had a revolutionary influence on the cure of infection...