Antiseptics and Antibiotics

Plants produce chemicals to defend themselves.

• Plants produce chemicals so that when they are attacked by pathogens, they can defend themselves.
• These chemicals can have antibacterial effects that protects the plant from bacteria
• For example the Tea tree - produces oil that kills bacteria which are used for antibacterial products - facial cleansers.

Antiseptics

• Used outside the body to stop disease spreading.
• Antiseptics are…