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Antimicrobials, chemotherapeutics or antibiotics?

Author(s) -

M J Maartens Marleen,

W Swart Chantel,

Carolina H. Pohl,

Lodewyk F Kock J

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

scientific research and essays

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1992-2248

DOI - 10.5897/sre11.406

Subject(s) - antimicrobial , antibiotics , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , engineering ethics , biology , engineering

Antimicrobials are the broad classes of substances acting against microorganisms. As there is a need for stability and consistency within Science, this must also be applied to the business of defining the different categories of antimicrobials correctly. This is of special importance, since various compounds known for activities outside this field of interest are now also surfacing as antimicrobials. Key words: Antibiotics, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobials, chemotherapeutics, definitions.

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