[MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY] Introduction to Anti-Infective agents

b. Joseph Lister

Introduced phenol (carbolic acid) as an anti-infective agent.

a. Paul Ehrlich
b. Joseph Lister
c. Alexander Fleming
d. Louis Pasteur

a. Carbolic acid

Phenol is also known as ____

a. Carbolic acid
b. Salicylic acid
c. Benzoic acid
d. Acetic acid

c. Paul Ehrlich

Developed Salvarsan (Compound 606) and introduced the concept of selective toxicity.

a. Joseph Lister
b. Alexander Fleming
c. Paul Ehrlich
d. Robert Koch

a. Compound 606

Salvarsan is also known as:
a. Compound 606

b. Compound 706

c. Compound 506

d. Compound 10000

c. Paul Ehrlich

Introduced the concept of selective toxicity.

a. Joseph Lister
b. Alexander Fleming
c. Paul Ehrlich
d. Robert Koch

c. Germicides

Anti-infective agents that are used locally.

a. Antiseptics
b. Disinfectants
c. Germicides
d. Sterilants

d. Antisepsis

Application of an agent to living tissue to prevent infection.

a. Disinfection
b. Sterilization
c. Sanitization
d. Antisepsis

a. Decontamination

Destruction or marked reduction in the number or activity of microorganisms.

a. Decontamination
b. Antisepsis
c. Disinfection
d. Pasteurization

d. Disinfection

Chemical or physical treatment on inanimate surfaces.

a. Sterilization
b. Sanitization
c. Antisepsis
d. Disinfection

c. Sanitization

Reduction of microbial load on inanimate surface to a level acceptable for public health purposes.

a. Disinfection
b. Decontamination
c. Sanitization
d. Pasteurization

d. Sterilization

Process that kills or removes all types of microorganisms.

a. Pasteurization
b. Disinfection
c. Antisepsis
d. Sterilization

c. Pasteurization

Kills non-sporulating microorganisms by hot water at 65 – 100°C.

a. Sterilization
b. Boiling
c. Pasteurization
d. Tyndallization

c. -cidal

Suffix meaning "kill."

a. -static
b. -lytic
c. -cidal
d. -genic

b. -static

Suffix meaning "prevent growth."

a. -cidal
b. -static
c. -lytic
d. -genic