Insect cecropins, antimicrobial peptides with potential therapeutic applications

D Brady, A Grapputo, O Romoli, F Sandrelli - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The alarming escalation of infectious diseases resistant to conventional antibiotics requires
urgent global actions, including the development of new therapeutics. Antimicrobial peptides …

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of antimicrobial peptides to better predict efficacy

DK Mercer, MDT Torres, SS Duay, E Lovie… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
During the development of antimicrobial peptides (AMP) as potential therapeutics,
antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) stands as an essential part of the process in …

Antimicrobial activity, improved cell selectivity and mode of action of short PMAP-36-derived peptides against bacteria and Candida

Y Lyu, Y Yang, X Lyu, N Dong, A Shan - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have recently attracted a great deal of attention as promising
antibiotic candidates, but some obstacles such as toxicity and high synthesis cost must be …

Peptides and peptidomimetics for antimicrobial drug design

B Mojsoska, H Jenssen - Pharmaceuticals, 2015 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this paper is to introduce and highlight a few classes of traditional
antimicrobial peptides with a focus on structure-activity relationship studies. After first …

Self-disinfecting surfaces and infection control

MM Querido, L Aguiar, P Neves, CC Pereira… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract According to World Health Organization, every year in the European Union, 4
million patients acquire a healthcare associated infection. Even though some …

Antimicrobial Properties of Apis mellifera's Bee Venom

H El-Seedi, A Abd El-Wahed, N Yosri, SG Musharraf… - Toxins, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bee venom (BV) is a rich source of secondary metabolites from honeybees (Apis mellifera
L.). It contains a variety of bioactive ingredients including peptides, proteins, enzymes, and …

One-step synthesis of high-density peptide-conjugated gold nanoparticles with antimicrobial efficacy in a systemic infection model

A Rai, S Pinto, TR Velho, AF Ferreira, C Moita… - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
The increase in antibiotic drug resistance and the low number of new antibacterial drugs
approved in the last few decades requires the development of new antimicrobial strategies …

Peptide-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs): what peptides can do for SAMs and vice versa

C Redondo-Gómez, P Parreira, MCL Martins… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) represent highly ordered molecular materials with
versatile biochemical features and multidisciplinary applications. Research on SAMs has …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of a novel antimicrobial peptide from buffalo casein hydrolysate based on live bacteria adsorption

Q Zhao, Y Shi, X Wang, A Huang - Journal of Dairy Science, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aims to isolate the antimicrobial peptide (AMP) from buffalo casein hydrolyzed by
Dregea sinensis Hemsl. protease. The AMP was isolated from hydrolysate by live bacteria …

Review of antimicrobial peptides as promoters of food safety: Limitations and possibilities within the food industry

A Leon Madrazo, MR Segura Campos - Journal of Food Safety, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a group of molecules that has gained interest in research
due to their important role in the inhibition of bacterial agents. Their structure shows …