Q. The function of penicillin as an antibiotic was established by
A) Alexander Flemming
B) Ernst Chain
C) Howard Florey
D) Both (b) and (c)
Explanation
Penicillin was the first antibiotics to be discovered by Alexander Flemming (1928). The antibiotic was however, commercially extracted by efforts of Chain and Florey Flemming, Chain and Florey were awarded Nobel Prize in 1945
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