In the last decades, the indiscriminate use of conventional antibiotics has generated high
rates of microbial resistance. This situation has increased the need for obtaining new …

Antibiotics are essential drugs used to treat pathogenic bacteria, but their prolonged use
contributes to the development and spread of drug-resistant microorganisms. Antibiotic …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) discovered about 30 years ago are responsible for part of the
innate immunity of animals and plants, and almost 3000 peptides have been reported so far …

Rapid rise of antimicrobial resistance against conventional antimicrobials, resurgence of
multidrug resistant microbes and the slowdown in the development of new classes of …

Host-defense peptides, also called antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), whose protective action
has been used by animals for millions of years, fulfill many requirements of the …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an heterogeneous group of small amino acidic molecules
produced by the innate immune system of a variety of organisms encompassing all orders of …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are small molecules with a broad spectrum of antibiotic
activities against bacteria, yeasts, fungi, and viruses and cytotoxic activity on cancer cells, in …

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 …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are compounds, which have inhibitory activity against
microorganisms. In the last decades, AMPs have become powerful alternative agents that …

The “golden era” of antibiotic discovery has long passed, but the need for new antibiotics
has never been greater due to the emerging threat of antibiotic resistance. This urgency to …