Question : Penicillin was first discovered by ______ ?
(1) A. Fleming.
(2) L. Pasteur.
(3) G. Thompson
(4) A. Noble.
Answer : In all above options the correct answer is (1) A. Fleming.
Explanation of answer : Penicillin is a group of antibiotics which are used in the treatment of throat infections, meningitis, syphilis, and other different type of infections. Penicillin was first discovered by Alexander Fleming who was a Scottish physician and microbiologist. A. Fleming (Alexander Fleming) worked many years and first discovered penicillin in the year of 1928 which having empirical formula or molecular formula by R-C9H11N2O4S . and the structure of Penicillin is given below –
