Was Prontosil the first commercial antibiotic to become available?
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It is still not commercially available
There were alternatives available before
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Prontosil was the first commercial antibiotic to become available. It was discovered by the German scientists Gerhard Domagk and Otto Westphal in 1932. Prontosil is a sulfonamide drug, and it works by inhibiting the growth of bacteria.
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