In vitro activities of three synthetic peptides derived from epinecidin-1 and an anti-lipopolysaccharide factor against Propionibacterium acnes, Candida albicans, and Trichomonas vaginalis

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1058-1068

  Pan, Chieh Yu ^a   Chen, Jyh Yih ^b   Lin, Tai Lang ^b   Lin, Cheng Hui ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Antimicrobial peptides; Antiprotozoan; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EPINECIDIN 1; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FISH PROTEINS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES; PENAEUS MONODON; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 67349280950     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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