What are Antibiotics?
Antibiotics
Everything that is living produces some chemicals in its
life. Humans produce many chemicals from their body; blood, lymphs, mucus,
saliva, bile are some chemical that are produced from human body. Other
organisms too both very small or very big organisms can produce some form of
chemicals. Our saliva for example can soften the food we take it can also kill germs. The microorganisms like fungi and bacteria also produce chemicals. Some
of the chemicals produced by many fungi or bacteria species are so useful that human takes
that chemical and turns them into drugs or medicine. These kind of chemicals are
then used to treat diseases caused by other germs. That is those chemicals
produced by the fungi or bacteria when put inside human body will help
human to fight against other germs. That is they act as anti-germs. Hence they
are known as antibiotics.
Antibiotics are used as drugs to treat many diseases caused
by bacteria or protozoans. However there are reports that shows that the uses
of antibiotics also has side effects.
Common examples of antibiotics: Penicillin, Streptomycin etc.
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