Various biomimetics, including peptides as antifungals

E Efremenko, A Aslanli, N Stepanov, O Senko… - Biomimetics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biomimetics, which are similar to natural compounds that play an important role in the
metabolism, manifestation of functional activity and reproduction of various fungi, have a …

Activity and mechanism of action of antifungal peptides from microorganisms: a review

T Li, L Li, F Du, L Sun, J Shi, M Long, Z Chen - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Harmful fungi in nature not only cause diseases in plants, but also fungal infection and
poisoning when people and animals eat food derived from crops contaminated with them …

Natural and synthetic peptides with antifungal activity

T Ciociola, L Giovati, S Conti, W Magliani… - Future medicinal …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, the increase of invasive fungal infections and the emergence of antifungal
resistance stressed the need for new antifungal drugs. Peptides have shown to be good …

Peptide antibiotics: an alternative and effective antimicrobial strategy to circumvent fungal infections

K Ajesh, K Sreejith - Peptides, 2009 - Elsevier
Mycosis, caused by both filamentous fungi and pathogenic yeasts is a major concern
nowadays especially in the immunocompromised patient population. The emergence of …

[PDF][PDF] Antifungal peptides: biosynthesis, production and applications

NF Mirza, S Motamarry, P Bhadra… - Biosci Biotechnol Res …, 2018 - academia.edu
Fungal infections in animal, plants and fungal contamination of food for humans and
livestock result in substantial worldwide economic losses. In the last few years, fungal …

Antifungal peptides: potential candidates for the treatment of fungal infections

AJ De Lucca - Expert opinion on Investigational drugs, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Many diversely produced natural peptides, as well as those produced semisynthetically and
synthetically, have been found to inhibit the growth or even be lethal to a wide range of …

Sequential and structural aspects of antifungal peptides from animals, bacteria and fungi based on bioinformatics tools

Neelabh, K Singh, J Rani - Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins, 2016 - Springer
Emerging drug resistance varieties and hyper-virulent strains of microorganisms have
compelled the scientific fraternity to develop more potent and less harmful therapeutics …

Natural antimicrobial peptides as inspiration for design of a new generation antifungal compounds

M Bondaryk, M Staniszewska, P Zielińska… - Journal of fungi, 2017 - mdpi.com
Invasive fungal infections are associated with high mortality rates, despite appropriate
antifungal therapy. Limited therapeutic options, resistance development and the high …

Antimicrobial peptides: A natural alternative to chemical antibiotics and a potential for applied biotechnology

SH Marshall, G Arenas - Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, 2003 - SciELO Chile
A large group of low molecular weight natural compounds that exhibit antimicrobial activity
has been isolated from animals and plants during the past two decades. Among them …

Recent updates on antifungal peptides

D Sharma, GS Bisht - Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
The current trend of increment in the frequency of antifungal resistance has brought
research into an era where new antifungal compounds with novel mechanisms of action are …