1. ANTIBACTERIAL
These are agents
that have specific effect to bacteria. Their action can be describes as bacteriostatic or bactericidal . Bacteriostatic means that it inhibits cell
functions thus stopping reproduction and other cell processes, this gives the
body time for the immune system to act and or leading to aging and later death
of the bacteria. Bactericidal means the activity of the drug directly
causes the death of the cell.
These drugs are
classified according to how they cause their therapeutic action. The
classifications include
a)
Inhibition
of cell wall synthesis
b)
Inhibition of protein synthesis
c)
Inhibition of bacterial nucleic acid synthesis
BACTERIA
STRUCTURE
classification of antibiotics
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