The perennial leguminous herb Clitoria ternatea (butterfly pea) has attracted significant
interest based on its agricultural and medical applications, which range from use as a fodder …

This Review explores the class of plant-derived macrocyclic peptides called cyclotides. We
include an account of their discovery, characterization, and distribution in the plant kingdom …

Lentils and mungbean proteins are under-researched compared to pea and soybean.
Lentils (green, red and black-lentils), mungbean and yellow pea protein isolates were …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are the natural antibiotics recognized for their broad-
spectrum resistance to bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites, and influencing the host …

Anionic antimicrobial peptides/proteins (AAMPs) were first reported in the early 1980s and
since then, have been established as an important part of the innate immune systems of …

There has been a spurt in the spread of microbial resistance to antibiotics due to
indiscriminate use of antimicrobial agents in human medicine, agriculture, and animal …

Objectives To determine the antibacterial activity of small cyclic plant proteins, ie cyclotides,
and the importance of the surface exposed charged residues for activity. Methods Prototypic …

Cyclotides are disulfide-rich miniproteins with the unique structural features of a circular
backbone and knotted arrangement of three conserved disulfide bonds. Cyclotides have …

Cell-penetrating peptides can translocate across the plasma membrane of living cells and
thus are potentially useful agents in drug delivery applications. Disulfide-rich cyclic peptides …

The tropical plant Clitoria ternatea is a member of the Fabaceae family well known for its
medicinal values. Heat extraction of C. ternatea revealed that the bioactive fractions …