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 …

Current research has demonstrated that small cationic amphipathic peptides have strong
potential not only as antimicrobials, but also as antibiofilm agents, immune modulators, and …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising novel antibiotics since they have shown
antimicrobial activity against a wide range of bacterial species, including multiresistant …

Although first studied for their antimicrobial activity, host defense peptides (HDPs) are now
widely recognized for their multifunctional roles in both the innate and adaptive immune …

Bacteria have acquired extensive resistance mechanisms to protect themselves against
antibiotic action. Today the bacterial membrane has become one of the “final frontiers” in the …

The rapid emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial “superbugs” with concomitant treatment
failure and high mortality rates presents a severe threat to global health. The superbug risk …

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 …

Developing permanent antibacterial and rapid hemostatic wound dressings with excellent
biocompatibility is urgently needed and has always gained great attention. Here, a series of …

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 …

Rapid antimicrobial action is an important advantage of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) over
antibiotics, which is also a reason for AMPs being less likely to induce bacterial resistance …