penicillin

group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi
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penicillin

Summary

penicillin is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. penicillin ranks in the top 0.68% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71,486 views/month, #7 of 1,029).[2]

Key Facts

  • penicillin is credited with the discovery of Alexander Fleming[3].
  • penicillin's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[4].
  • Penicillium rubens is named after penicillin[5].
  • penicillin's location of discovery is recorded as Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum[6].
  • penicillin is a type of β-lactam antibiotic[7].
  • penicillin is a type of penams[8].
  • penicillin is part of penicilina:][9].
  • penicillin is part of penicillin metabolic process[10].
  • penicillin is part of penicillin catabolic process[11].
  • penicillin is part of penicillin biosynthetic process[12].
  • penicillin's Commons category is recorded as Penicillin antibiotics[13].
  • penicillin comprises nitrogen[14].
  • penicillin comprises oxygen[15].
  • penicillin comprises carbon[16].
  • penicillin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 28, 1928[17].
  • penicillin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Penicillins[18].
  • penicillin's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[19].
  • penicillin's has effect is recorded as penicillin drug reaction[20].
  • penicillin's natural product of taxon is recorded as Penicillium[21].
  • penicillin's native label is recorded as penicillin[22].
  • penicillin's isomeric SMILES is recorded as [H][C@]12SC(C)(C)C@@HC(O)=OC@@HC(O)=O">[23].
  • penicillin's subject has role is recorded as antibiotic[24].
  • penicillin's subject has role is recorded as secondary metabolite[25].
  • penicillin's pregnancy category is recorded as US pregnancy category B[26].
  • penicillin's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27].

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Works and Contributions

penicillin is credited with the discovery of Alexander Fleming[3]. Things named for penicillin include Trend Micro Internet Security[28], an antivirus software[29].

Why It Matters

penicillin ranks in the top 0.68% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71,486 views/month, #7 of 1,029).[2] penicillin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] penicillin is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for penicillin include Trend Micro Internet Security[28], an antivirus software[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 15d ago · Pruna.ar · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Benzylpenicillin-3D-balls.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Benzylpenicillin-3D-balls.png"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → QsmVb
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → penicillin
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: penicillin, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289954260|penicillin (#289954260)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0221804-penicilin, 0216228-peniciliny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0221804-penicilin, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  5. 16w ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikiskripta article id → 10243
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3471]]: 10243, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/78315653|Peniciliny (#78315653)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2686|WikiSkripta]] #mix'n'matc"
  6. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4045094-6
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10819, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  7. 20w ago · ~2026-29170-10 · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4045094-6
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P227]]: 4045094-"
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