Made an example and functon of the following:
(i) Tranquilizers
(li) Wide spectrum antibiotics
Sulpha drugs work like antibiotics but they are not antibiotics. Is this a valid statement and why? Give one example of sulpha drugs and antibiotics.
What is meant by chemotherapy? Write the chemical name of aspirin. What is it used for?
Define spectrum. Give two examples of each of:
(a) narrow-spectrum antibiotics
(b) broad-spectrum antibiotics.
The complete range of micro-organisms that can be killed by a particular antibiotic is known as spectrum.
(a) Streptomycin and Chloromycetin.
(b) Tetracycline and chloroamphenicol.