Historical Review of the Penicillin and Related Compounds (β – Lactams)
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In spite of the old age of beta lactam, they continue to provide good health and preventing human diseases by virtue of industrial production and discoveries of small new beta-lactam group of secondary metabolite. Antibiotic resistance in bacteria has become a serious problem worldwide therefore, the present survey discusses the event that occurred in the progress of the penicillin, and beta-lactam from discovery to implementation as a therapeutic agent in order to overcome this issue . Moreover, this review provides a descriptive overview of the various published ways to enhance the clinical effectiveness of beta-lactam antibiotics and the methods that lead to synthesis of beta-lactam ring.
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Historical Review of the Penicillin and Related Compounds (β – Lactams). (2018). Al Mustansiriyah Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 18(1), 109-127. https://doi.org/10.32947/ajps.v18i1.464
