Antimicrobial peptides: their physicochemical properties and therapeutic application

SJ Kang, DH Kim, T Mishig-Ochir, BJ Lee - Archives of pharmacal …, 2012 - Springer
Antibiotic resistance has become a global public health problem, thus there is a need to
develop a new class of antibiotics. Natural antimicrobial peptides have got an increasing …

Mini review on antimicrobial peptides, sources, mechanism and recent applications

JK Boparai, PK Sharma - Protein and peptide letters, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Antimicrobial peptides in recent years have gained increased interest among scientists,
health professionals and the pharmaceutical companies owing to their therapeutic potential …

The potential of antimicrobial peptides as biocides

G Laverty, SP Gorman, BF Gilmore - International journal of molecular …, 2011 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides constitute a diverse class of naturally occurring antimicrobial
molecules which have activity against a wide range of pathogenic microorganisms …

Identification and design of antimicrobial peptides for therapeutic applications

A Ahmad, E Ahmad, G Rabbani… - Current Protein and …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Indiscriminate use of antibiotics has led to a rapid increase of antibiotic resistance among
microbes which has increased the need to develop novel antimicrobial agents to fight …

Antimicrobial mechanisms and clinical application prospects of antimicrobial peptides

X Li, S Zuo, B Wang, K Zhang, Y Wang - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides are a type of small-molecule peptide that widely exist in nature and
are components of the innate immunity of almost all living things. They play an important role …

Antimicrobial peptides as potential therapeutic agents: a review

S Datta, A Roy - International Journal of Peptide Research and …, 2021 - Springer
The growth of pathogens across the globe is developing at a very fast rate, thus turning into
a worldwide health problem. Since, current treatment alternatives have failed to a large …

Update of peptides with antibacterial activity

X Vila-Farres, E Giralt, J Vila - Current medicinal chemistry, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
For many years a battle has been going on between bacteria and humans, with bacteria
trying to survive against the antibiotics used by humans. Bacteria are found to be dominant …

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 …

Antimicrobial peptides: a promising therapeutic strategy in tackling antimicrobial resistance

R Nuti, NS Goud, AP Saraswati… - Current medicinal …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has posed a serious threat to global public
health and it requires immediate action, preferably long term. Current drug therapies have …

Antimicrobial peptides: Structure, mechanism, and modification

N Chen, C Jiang - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
From the 1940s to the 1960s, the discovery of antibiotics held substantial promise for the
treatment of bacterial infection, and it was also widely used in food, agriculture, and other …