Antibacterial and Antiviral Properties of Chenopodin-Derived Synthetic Peptides

• Main Authors: Marcia L. Feijoo-Coronel (Author), Bruno Mendes (Author), David Ramírez (Author), Carlos Peña-Varas (Author), Nina Q. E. de los Monteros-Silva (Author), Carolina Proaño-Bolaños (Author), Leonardo Camilo de Oliveira (Author), Diego Fernandes Lívio (Author), José Antônio da Silva (Author), José Maurício S. F. da Silva (Author), Marília Gabriella A. G. Pereira (Author), Marina Q. R. B. Rodrigues (Author), Mauro M. Teixeira (Author), Paulo Afonso Granjeiro (Author), Ketan Patel (Author), Sakthivel Vaiyapuri (Author), José R. Almeida (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antimicrobial peptides have been developed based on plant-derived molecular scaffolds for the treatment of infectious diseases. Chenopodin is an abundant seed storage protein in quinoa, an Andean plant with high nutritional and therapeutic properties. Here, we used computer- and physicochemical-base...