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SUBMITTER: Boto A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6017364 | biostudies-other | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Boto Alicia A Pérez de la Lastra Jose Manuel JM González Concepción C CC
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20180201 2
Host-defense peptides, also called antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), whose protective action has been used by animals for millions of years, fulfill many requirements of the pharmaceutical industry, such as: (1) broad spectrum of activity; (2) unlike classic antibiotics, they induce very little resistance; (3) they act synergically with conventional antibiotics; (4) they neutralize endotoxins and are active in animal models. However, it is considered that many natural peptides are not suitable for ...[more]