Design, Synthesis and Antibacterial Studies of Novel Cationic Amphipathic Cyclic Undecapeptides and Their Linear Counterparts against Virulent Bacterial Strains

Bacteria have acquired resistance against almost all antibiotics because of the misuse of antibacterial agents and long periods of treatment. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are one of the most encouraging candidates to solve this problem, as they possess high prokaryotic selectivity, and affect the b...

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Main Authors: Hisham N. Farrag, Toshinari Maeda, Tamaki Kato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Scientia Pharmaceutica
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-0532/89/1/10