Antimicrobial peptides as anti-infective agents in pre-post-antibiotic era?

T Rončević, J Puizina, A Tossi - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Resistance to antibiotics is one of the main current threats to human health and every year
multi-drug resistant bacteria are infecting millions of people worldwide, with many dying as a …

CAMPR4: a database of natural and synthetic antimicrobial peptides

U Gawde, S Chakraborty, FH Waghu… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
There has been an exponential increase in the design of synthetic antimicrobial peptides
(AMPs) for its use as novel antibiotics. Synthetic AMPs are substantially enriched in residues …

Collection of antimicrobial peptides database and its derivatives: Applications and beyond

FH Waghu, S Idicula‐Thomas - Protein Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Collection of antimicrobial peptides (CAMP), CAMPSign, and ClassAMP are open‐access
resources that have been developed to enhance research on antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) …

Grasshoppers and locusts as human foods–a comprehensive review

SA Siddiqui, M Ghisletta… - Journal of Insects …, 2023 - wageningenacademic.com
Nutritious and sustainable food sources are much needed to compensate for the rising
demand for food due to the ever-growing human population. The idea of using insects as …

Bacillus subtilis inhibits Aspergillus carbonarius by producing iturin A, which disturbs the transport, energy metabolism, and osmotic pressure of fungal cells as …

C Jiang, Z Li, Y Shi, D Guo, B Pang, X Chen… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The contamination of Aspergillus carbonarius causes decreases and great decay of
agricultural products, and threatens the human and animal health by producing mycotoxins …

Biocontrol and Action Mechanism of Bacillus subtilis Lipopeptides' Fengycins Against Alternaria solani in Potato as Assessed by a Transcriptome Analysis

D Zhang, R Qiang, Z Zhou, Y Pan, S Yu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alternaria solani is an airborne fungus and the primary causal agent of potato early blight
worldwide. No available fungicides that are both effective and environmentally friendly are …

Antifungal Efficacy of Antimicrobial Peptide Octominin II against Candida albicans

JNC Jayasinghe, I Whang, M De Zoysa - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Most clinically isolated Candida albicans strains are drug-resistant, emphasizing the urgent
need to discover alternative therapies. In this study, the previously characterized Octominin …

Integration of transcriptome and proteome reveals molecular mechanisms underlying stress responses of the cutworm, Spodoptera litura, exposed to different levels of …

J Chen, Y Guo, S Huang, H Zhan, M Zhang, J Wang… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metals are major environmental pollutants that affect organisms across different
trophic levels. Herbivorous insects play an important role in the bioaccumulation, and …

Insect antimicrobial peptides: advancements, enhancements and new challenges

M Dho, V Candian, R Tedeschi - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Several insects are known as vectors of a wide range of animal and human pathogens
causing various diseases. However, they are also a source of different substances, such as …

Hepatoprotective effects of insect extracts in an animal model of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

AR Im, WK Yang, YC Park, SH Kim, S Chae - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
Insects represent the largest and most diverse group of organisms on earth and are potential
food and drug resources. Recently, we have demonstrated that a Forsythia viridissima …