“…Hauser, Phillips & others, 1949;McBain, Huff & Brady, 1949;Thakkar & Wilham, 1970), whereas others (e.g. Lund & Pedersen-Bjergaard, 1949;Goyan, 1949;Hocking, 1951;Few & Schulman, 1953), have not observed surface activity. Surface tension measurements were, therefore, made on solutions of penicillin G and ampicillin in triple-distilled water; 0.05, 0.10, 0.25 and 0.50% w/v solutions of the antibiotics were examined for surface activity using a Du Nouy Tensiometer (Cambridge Instruments Limited), but in no case was significant surface activity detected.…”