When we consume cheese made using the fungus Penicillium, does it produce antibiotics in our body, helping us fight against disease?

xfacilitatorx

In 1874, Sir William Roberts, a physician from Manchester noted that cultures of the mold did not display bacterial contamination. Louis Pasteur would build on this discovery, noting that Bacillus anthracis would not grow in the presence of the related mold, Penicillium notatum. Its antibiotic powers were independently discovered and tested on animals by French physician, Ernest Duchesne, but his thesis was ignored. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillium_glaucum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillium_glaucum Based on this article I would have to say yes. To what extent I can not say. Apr 03 06, 1:20 PM

thelord1235

if pennicillin helps fight diseases then pennicillum will also.in 1940 scientists howard florry and Ernst chain managed to extract a substance from pennicillum which they called pennicillin. Apr 05 06, 9:36 PM