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.
Sulpha drugs work like antibiotics but they are not antibiotics is a valid statement because they are not obtained from micro-organisms like antibiotics.
Example: Sulphadiazine etc.
Antibiotics: Penicillin, streptomycin etc.
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.