Antibiotics are a class of medication designed to eliminate or inhibit bacterial growth. Their development, starting with the discovery of penicillin in 1928, has been revolutionary for human health. They have made it possible to easily and affordably treat many diseases that were previously life-threatening, representing a major advancement in medicine.

Antibiotics

Drugs that inhibit pathogen reproduction without harming the host.

Antivirals

Drugs that target the chitin cell walls of fungi and is mainly used for systematic infections.

Antifungals 

Antiparasitics

- Antiseptics
- Antibiotics
- Antivirals
- Antifungals
- Antiparasitics

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- Translation
- DNA replication
- Cell Wall Synthesis
- Membrane Function
- Nucleic Acid Synthesis
- Metabolic Pathways
- ATP Synthase

Antimicrobials Targets

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Antimicrobials and their key processes and structures in the microbe

Antibacterials that block the synthesis of the peptidoglycan wall.

Inhibitors of Cell Wall Synthesis 

Antimicrobials that target protein synthesis.

Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis 

Antibacterials that target the bacterial membrane.

Inhibitors of Membrane Function

Antibacterial drugs which inhibit nucleic acid synthesis.

Inhibitors of Nucleic Acid Synthesis

Antimicrobials that interfere with the function of ATP Synthase through the hydrogen ion gradient.

Inhibitors of ATP Synthase 

Antimicrobials that control bacterial infections through enzyme inhibition.

Inhibitors of Metabolic Pathways

Antimicrobials that target RNA synthesis.

Inhibitors of RNA synthesis (Type of Nucleic Acid Synthesis)

Antimicrobials that target DNA synthesis.

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