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What is penicillin for?

A Cure . Simply, it's an antibiotic. . Penicillin is not used to prevent infections. It is used to treat bacterial infections and cause the infection to be cured. It i… ( Full Answer )
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What is penicillin?

Penicillin is an antibiotic (a drug used to treat bacterialinfections) made from a type of mold, Penicillium , that iscommonly found on bread products and is the mold that gi… ( Full Answer )
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How does penicillin work?

Penicillin works by inactivating an enzyme necessary for the cross linking bacterial cell walls. . Its given to people who use it and get cured
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When was penicillin discovered?

Penicillin was first discovered in 1928, by Scottish scientist Sir Alexander Fleming. It was a mistake. He left a petri dish with staphylococcus was left open and found with … ( Full Answer )
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What does penicillin do?

Penicillin is an antibiotic. Penicillin is used to treat many different types of infections caused by bacteria, such as ear infections prescribed by doctors for bacterial infe… ( Full Answer )
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Why was penicillin called penicillin?

the name penicillin was given because the production of this antibiotic came from bacteria penicillin ********************* Must disagree with above answer. Penicillin was d… ( Full Answer )
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Where can you get penicillin?

Normally penicillin is prescribed by your doctor, to treat a specific bacterial infection, and dispensed by your local pharmacy. Because of the long use of penicillin many bac… ( Full Answer )
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Is penicillin a barbiturate?

No. An antibiotic does not normally have any effect similar to that of barbituates (which are depressants).
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Why was penicillin named penicillin?

The word is from modern Latin, Penicillium Notatum, which was the name of the mould from which it was first obtained. From the Latin Penicillus or 'paintbrush' referring to th… ( Full Answer )
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What is penicillins?

Pincillin is a secondary metabolic product, it is made when growth of the producer organism is slowing down rather than when its at its maximum