Antimicrobial Activity and Cell Selectivity of Synthetic and Biosynthetic Cationic Polymers

• Main Authors: Venkatesh, Mayandi, Barathi, Veluchamy Amutha, Goh, Eunice Tze Leng, Anggara, Raditya, Fazil, Mobashar Hussain Urf Turabe, Ng, Alice Jie Ying, Harini, Sriram, Aung, Thet Tun, Fox, Stephen John, Liu, Shouping, Yang, Liang, Barkham, Timothy Mark Sebastian, Loh, Xian Jun, Verma, Navin Kumar, Beuerman, Roger W., Lakshminarayanan, Rajamani
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Antimicrobial Activity; Cationic Polymers
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85808; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43854
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The mammalian and microbial cell selectivity of synthetic and biosynthetic cationic polymers has been investigated. Among the polymers with peptide backbones, polymers containing amino side chains display greater antimicrobial activity than those with guanidine side chains, whereas ethylenimines dis...