Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are produced by multicellular organisms and play an
important role in innate immunity. AMPs are considered to be promising candidates for novel …

<? xm-replace_text {Heading}?> Abstract The most important parasitic diseases, malaria,
leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, and schistosomiasis, are a great burden to mankind …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a group of biochemically diverse and pharmacologically
active compounds effective against a myriad of pathogens. The AMPs can work …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) exist in all living things, from unicellular to more complex
multicellular organisms [1]. They are at the frontline of defense against microbial pathogens …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) found in the innate immune system of a wide range of
organisms might prove useful to fight infections, due to the reported slower development of …

This special Issue on" Antimicrobial Peptides in Medicinal Chemistry: Advances and
Applications" has been edited with the purpose of providing current achievements and future …

Over the last years, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been the focus of intense research
toward the finding of a viable alternative to current antifungal drugs. Defensins are one of the …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), also known as host defense peptides, are petite molecules
with inherent microbicidal properties that are synthesized by the host's innate immune …

Antibiotics are commonly used to treat pathogenic bacteria, but their prolonged use
contributes to the development and spread of drug-resistant microorganisms raising the …

Background The world faces a major infectious disease challenge. Interest in the discovery,
design, or development of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as an alternative approach for the …