Die Mycoine, Eine Neue Gruppe Therapeutisch Wirksamer Substanzen aus Pilzen

Chapter 5 Zones of Inhibition? The Transfer of Information Relating to Penicillin in Europe during World War II

“…When finally the need for a coordinating committee was appreciated by German researchers and a meeting called in Berlin in October 1944, the stark realisation was made that it was already too late as the necessary raw materials and plant necessary would never be made available (Shama and Reinarz, 2002). The diverse and disparate attempts to isolate penicillin-producing moulds would almost certainly have led to the isolation of novel antibiotic compounds; an example being the work of von Kennel et al (1943). Some of these compounds would undoubtedly have had therapeutic worth, whilst others would have proved themselves toxic and of no practical value.…”