Antimicrobial peptides: diversity, mechanism of action and strategies to improve the activity and biocompatibility in vivo

P Kumar, JN Kizhakkedathu, SK Straus - Biomolecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance is projected as one of the greatest threats to human health in the future
and hence alternatives are being explored to combat resistance. Antimicrobial peptides …

Antioxidant and antimicrobial peptides derived from food proteins

G López-García, O Dublan-García, D Arizmendi-Cotero… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, the demand for food proteins in the market has increased due to a rise in
degenerative illnesses that are associated with the excessive production of free radicals and …

Antimicrobial peptides: challenging journey to the pharmaceutical, biomedical, and cosmeceutical use

A Mazurkiewicz-Pisarek, J Baran, T Ciach - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), or host defence peptides, are short proteins in various life
forms. Here we discuss AMPs, which may become a promising substitute or adjuvant in …

A review on antimicrobial peptides databases and the computational tools

S Ramazi, N Mohammadi, A Allahverdi, E Khalili… - Database, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) have been considered as potential alternatives for
infection therapeutics since antibiotic resistance has been raised as a global problem. The …

Animal toxins—Nature's evolutionary-refined toolkit for basic research and drug discovery

V Herzig, B Cristofori-Armstrong, MR Israel… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Venomous animals have evolved toxins that interfere with specific components of their
victim's core physiological systems, thereby causing biological dysfunction that aids in prey …

Scorpion venom: detriments and benefits

S Ahmadi, JM Knerr, L Argemi, KCF Bordon, MB Pucca… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Scorpion venom may cause severe medical complications and untimely death if injected into
the human body. Neurotoxins are the main components of scorpion venom that are known to …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacological properties and therapeutic potential of honey bee venom

A Ullah, FM Aldakheel, SI Anjum, G Raza… - Saudi Pharmaceutical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Honey bee venom (BV) is a valuable product, and has a wide range of biological effects,
and its use is rapidly increasing in apitherapy. Therefore, the current study, we reviewed the …

Can bee venom be used as anticancer agent in modern medicine?

A Małek, M Strzemski, J Kurzepa, J Kurzepa - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The beneficial effects of natural substances that have been used in
medicine for many years require both scientific confirmation and recognition of the …

Antimicrobial peptides and other peptide-like therapeutics as promising candidates to combat SARS-CoV-2

MS Mousavi Maleki, M Rostamian… - Expert review of anti …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: There are currently no specific drugs and universal vaccines for Coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), hence urgent effective measures are needed to discover and …

Snake venom phospholipase A2s exhibit strong virucidal activity against SARS-CoV-2 and inhibit the viral spike glycoprotein interaction with ACE2

AE Siniavin, MA Streltsova, MA Nikiforova… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 requires new treatments both to alleviate
the symptoms and to prevent the spread of this disease. Previous studies demonstrated …