Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are the natural antibiotics recognized for their broad-
spectrum resistance to bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites, and influencing the host …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are natural biopolymers in the host defense system. AMPs
display multiple functions against bacterial, fungal, and viral infection, as well as anticancer …

The recent pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐
CoV‐2) has highlighted how urgent and necessary the discovery of new antiviral …

Since the 1980s, studies of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) derived from anuran skin
secretions have unveiled remarkable structural diversity and a wide range of activities. This …

Amphibians have a great diversity of bioactive peptides in their skin. The cDNA prepro-
peptide sequencing allowed the identification of five novel mature peptides expressed in the …

Viral diseases have contributed significantly to worldwide morbidity and mortality throughout
history. Despite the existence of therapeutic treatments for many viral infections, antiviral …

Trypanosomiases are a group of tropical diseases that have devastating health and socio-
economic effects worldwide. In humans, these diseases are caused by the pathogenic …

Frogs from the extensive amphibian family Hylidae are a rich source of peptides with
therapeutic potential. Peptidomic analysis of norepinephrine-stimulated skin secretions from …

The number of multidrug-resistant pathogenic microorganisms has been growing in recent
years, most of which is due to the inappropriate use of the commercial antibiotics that are …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), naturally occurring components of innate immunity, are
emerging as a promising new class of anticancer agents. This review explores the potential …