The antimicrobial activity of lactoferrin: Current status and perspectives

BioMetals

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-196

  Orsi, Nicola ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FERRIC ION; GLYCOPROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; LIPID A; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; FUNGUS; HOST RESISTANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; LEGIONELLA; MACROPHAGE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTOZOON; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHOPHYTON; VIRUS; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; FUNGI; LEGIONELLA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 3342928851     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOM.0000027691.86757.e2     Document Type: Review

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