Development of novel therapeutic drugs in humans from plant antimicrobial peptides

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 236-247

  da Rocha Pitta, Maira Galdino ^a   da Rocha Pitta, Marina Galdino ^a   Galdino, Suely Lins ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amps; Novel therapeutic approaches

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HORDOTHIONIN; ALPHA1 PUROTHIONIN; ALPHA2 PUROTHIONIN; BETA HORDOTHIONIN; CIRCULIN; CIRCULIN C; CIRCULIN D; CIRCULIN E; CIRCULIN F; CYCLOPSYCHOTRIDE A; CYCLOTIDE; CYCLOVIOLACIN H2; CYCLOVIOLACIN H3; DEFENSIN; GAMMA THIONIN; KALATA B1; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; LUNATUSIN; PALICOUREIN; PHASEOCOCCIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SESQUIN; SNAKIN 1; SNAKIN 2; THIONIN PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VISCOTOXIN; VISCOTOXIN A3;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; HOST CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77952726406     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920310791112066     Document Type: Article

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