The term refers to a substance whose properties are capable of eliminating bacterial agents or inhibiting their growth or proliferation without incurring damage to the object, environment or organism that carries them. They are essentially drugs such as antibiotics or other chemical agents capable of combating these bodies.
Substances with antibacterial properties can be classified into two types according to the action it exerts on bacteria, these are bactericidal and bacteriostatic. Bactericides are those that kill bacteria, while bacteriostatic antibacterials prevent their growth.
Antibacterials can act in various ways on bacteria, on the cell wall to prevent its growth, on the cell membrane to make it permeable and that the principle has access to the interior, on the DNA of the bacteria to damage its structure or on the ribosomes so that it is not able to synthesize the proteins that keep it alive.
For the prescription and supply of antibacterials as drugs to act in the body, multiple factors must be taken into account that indicate the safety of administration, since it can cause adverse reactions in the individual, ranging from nausea to system depression. like the immune system.
Many antibacterials are plants, thus corresponding to an important group of these substances which can act as natural medicine in the body and in defined systems.
To guarantee an effective antibacterial action, it is necessary to identify the bacteria to attack.
