The penicillins have a unique structure, a β-lactam ring, that is responsible for their antibacterial activity.
Penicillins—the most effective antibiotics of all time—are a family of compounds, all of which have in common a four-membered β-lactam ring fused to a five-membered thiazolidine ring.
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