TS EAMCET · Chemistry · Chemistry in Everyday Life
Which among the following is an arsenic based antibiotic drug, for which Paul Ehrlich was awarded Noble prize in 1908.
- A Salvarsan
- B Penicillin
- C Prontosil
- D Sulphapyridine
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(A) Salvarsan
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Paul Ehrlich (a German bacteriologist got Nobel prize in 1908 for medicine, discovered arsenic bared compound, Salvarsan (arsphenamine) for the treatment of syphilis. Although Salvarsan is toxic to human being, but its effect on the bacteria, spirochete (Causing syphilis) is…
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