Plant antimicrobial peptides: structures, functions, and applications

J Li, S Hu, W Jian, C Xie, X Yang - Botanical Studies, 2021 - Springer
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a class of short, usually positively charged polypeptides
that exist in humans, animals, and plants. Considering the increasing number of drug …

Antimicrobial peptides: challenging journey to the pharmaceutical, biomedical, and cosmeceutical use

A Mazurkiewicz-Pisarek, J Baran, T Ciach - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), or host defence peptides, are short proteins in various life
forms. Here we discuss AMPs, which may become a promising substitute or adjuvant in …

In pursuit of next-generation therapeutics: Antimicrobial peptides against superbugs, their sources, mechanism of action, nanotechnology-based delivery, and clinical …

A Thakur, A Sharma, HK Alajangi, PK Jaiswal… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) attracted attention as potential source of novel antimicrobials.
Multi-drug resistant (MDR) infections have emerged as a global threat to public health in …

Molecular Mechanism of Anti-Colorectal Cancer Effect of Hedyotis diffusa Willd and Its Extracts

Z Wu, B Yin, F You - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
With the sharp change in our diet and lifestyle, the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) is
increasing among young people and has become the second most common malignant …

An insight into biological activities of native cyclotides for potential applications in agriculture and pharmaceutics

T Grover, R Mishra, P Gulati, A Mohanty - Peptides, 2021 - Elsevier
Cyclotides are plant-derived mini-proteins of 28-37 amino acids. They have a characteristic
head-to-tail cyclic backbone and three disulfide cross-linkages formed by six highly …

Cytotoxic Cyclotides from Anchietea pyrifolia, a South American Plant Species

A Fernandez-Bobey, MEF Pinto… - Journal of Natural …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cyclotides are mini-proteins with potent bioactivities and outstanding potential for
agricultural and pharmaceutical applications. More than 450 different plant cyclotides have …

Plant derived cyclic peptides

NL Daly, DT Wilson - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Cyclic peptides are widespread throughout the plant kingdom, and display diverse
sequences, structures and bioactivities. The potential applications attributed to these …

A comprehensive review of microorganism‐derived cyclic peptides: Bioactive functions and food safety applications

J Luo, S Liu, H Lu, Q Chen, Y Shi - Comprehensive Reviews in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cyclic peptides possess advanced structural characteristics of stability and play a vital role
in medical treatment and agriculture. However, the biological functions of microorganism …

On the Cyclization of Non‐cyclic Peptides for Biological Applications: Inspiration from Naturally Cyclic Peptides

H Moulahoum, F Ghorbanizamani, K Tok… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Peptides are unique class of biomolecules for pharmaceutics and industries, given their
structural features that can be applied to many approaches. Although their advantages are …

An integrated molecular grafting approach for the design of Keap1-targeted peptide inhibitors

H Yin, YH Huang, SA Best, KD Sutherland… - ACS Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Inhibiting the Nrf2: Keap1 interaction to trigger cytoprotective gene expression is a promising
treatment strategy for oxidative stress-related diseases. A short linear motif from Nrf2 has the …