Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
One of the most significant discoveries in therapeutics is anti-microbial agents. Antibiotics are a class of anti-microbial drugs first discovered serendipitously by Dr. Alexander Flemming, a bacteriologist, in 1928 [1]. This accidentally discovered antibiotic, penicillin, is considered a top turning point in medicine. Drugs used to prevent or treat a wide range of infections occurring in humans, animals, and plants are called anti-microbials. According to WHO, the term antimicrobial consists of antibiotics, antivirals, anti-fungals, and anti-parasitics, which can treat or prevent various infectious diseases like tuberculosis, urinary tract infections, pulmonary infections, typhoid, etc. [2] Anti-microbials can be categorized into multiple types. However, a broad classification of anti-microbials is carried out based on chemical structure, mechanism of action, and organism against which it is active.