Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a class of small peptides that widely exist in nature and
they are an important part of the innate immune system of different organisms. AMPs have a …

Entomotherapy, the use of insects for medicinal purposes, has been practised for centuries
in many countries around the world. More than 2100 edible insect species are eaten by …

The global challenge to prevent fungal spoilage and mycotoxin contamination on food and
feed requires the development of new antifungal strategies. Antimicrobial peptides and …

A large range of ingredients for food and food products are subject to fungal contamination,
which is a major cause of destruction of crops, exposure of animals and humans to invasive …

The global health status is highly affected by the growing pace of urbanization, new
lifestyles, climate changes, and resource exploitation. Modern technologies pave a …

Biologically active peptides have been attracting increasing attention, whether to improve
the understanding of their mechanisms of action or in the search for new therapeutic drugs …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are peptide-based effector molecules produced by the innate
immune system to combat microbes. Insects produce the broadest repertoire of AMPs, and …

Sour rot, caused by Geotrichum citri-aurantii, is an important potentially devastating
postharvest disease, which cannot be controlled efficiently by any registered fungicides such …

The increasing resistance of pathogenic fungi to conventional antifungal therapies is a major
global health concern. Currently, antifungal peptides are receiving increasing attention as …

Analgesic therapy is based on the sequential treatment of pain, in which opioids are drugs of
last resource and known to be highly effective, but are also responsible for undesirable side …