Cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides from plants: The future of antimicrobial therapy

• Main Authors: Srivastava, Shilpi, Dashora, Kavya, Ameta, Keshav Lalit, Singh, Nagendra Pratap, El-Enshasy, Hesham Ali, Pagano, Marcela Claudia, Hesham, Abd. El-Latif, Sharma, Gauri Dutt, Sharma, Minaxi, Bhargava, Atul
• Format: Article
• Published: John Wiley and Sons Ltd 2021
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95966/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ptr.6823
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

There has been a spurt in the spread of microbial resistance to antibiotics due to indiscriminate use of antimicrobial agents in human medicine, agriculture, and animal husbandry. It has been realized that conventional antibiotic therapy would be less effective in the coming decades and more emphasi...