Heroes of The Sky – Chapter 1041

There were many types of antibiotics, such as penicillin, tetracycline, and erythromycin. With the conditions in Amazonas, it was impossible to make them. Or to be precise, they could be produced but not purified.

Using penicillin as an example, there was a large amount of harmful substances in the mold culture. Using it without purification was no different from suicide. Moreover, the output of mold culture that did not go through industrial selection was devastatingly low.

However, it was different for allicin. Garlic cloves yield about 2.5 milligrams of allicin per gram of raw weight, and the harmful substances were much fewer as well, so the extraction of allicin could be done in Amazonas.

Gerard was a professional spy who was also extremely well-versed in physics and chemistry. One could figure that out from the lessons he taught to the children of Bidara City’s orphanage. Therefore, Gerard felt that extracting allicin was a more reliable option after giving it some thought.

Although the compound was mainly used for agriculture in the Central Plains and was considered a relatively basic antibiotic, it had strong antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. It could suppress or kill many types of bacterial, viral, and fungal infections, among other things. This was a benefit that could not be ignored. It was also one of the few antibiotics that worked on fungal infections.