Advances in Lipid and Metal Nanoparticles for Antimicrobial Peptide Delivery

• Main Authors: Marcin Makowski (Author), Ítala C. Silva (Author), Constança Pais do Amaral (Author), Sónia Gonçalves (Author), Nuno C. Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been described as excellent candidates to overcome antibiotic resistance. Frequently, AMPs exhibit a wide therapeutic window, with low cytotoxicity and broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity against a variety of pathogens. In addition, some AMPs are also able to mod...