Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), or host defence peptides, are short proteins in various life
forms. Here we discuss AMPs, which may become a promising substitute or adjuvant in …

Microorganisms including actinomycetes, archaea, bacteria, fungi, yeast, and microalgae
are an auspicious source of vital bioactive compounds. In this review, the existing research …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are produced by several organisms as their first line of
defense. Constituted by amino acids, they may present different mechanisms of action. The …

Encrypted peptides have been recently found in the human proteome and represent a
potential class of antibiotics. Here we report three peptides derived from the human …

Candida species cause cutaneous and systemic infections with a high mortality rate,
especially in immunocompromised patients. The emergence of resistance to the most …

Although the extremely thermophilic archaea (Topt≥ 70° C) may be the most primitive
extant forms of life, they have been studied to a limited extent relative to mesophilic …

Fungal pathogens cause over 6.5 million life-threatening systemic infections annually, with
mortality rates ranging from 20 to 95%, even with medical intervention. The World Health …

Background The spore-forming lactic acid bacterium Bacillus coagulans MA-13 has been
isolated from canned beans manufacturing and successfully employed for the sustainable …

In a report by WHO (2014), it was stated that antimicrobial resistance is an arising challenge
that needs to be resolved. This resistance is a critical issue in terms of disease or infection …

Cancer is one of the most important mortality in the world. The major drawbacks of
chemotherapy are the poor absorption of drugs into tumor tissues and development of …