How It Works
- By blocking the creation of cell wall mucopeptide, the antibiotic amoxicillin kills bacteria (crystal lattice-like structures composed of amino acids that make up the cell wall). The bacterial cell wall is weakened and destroyed as a result.
- Ampicillin and amoxicillin both work in similar ways.
- Amoxicillin is a member of the penicillin family of drugs.
