Alternatives to Antibiotics

Alternatives to antibiotics: future trends

The need for new antibiotics is greater than ever due to the emergence of multidrug resistant pathogens. The value and importance of antibiotics cannot be overestimated, and they must not be considered as commodities. Antibiotic have revolutionised the field of medicine and we are reliant on them to treat infectious diseases. Since the introduction of penicillin in 1943, there has been a misman...

bacteriocins as the alternatives to antibiotics

Antimicrobial Peptides - Promising Alternatives to Conventional Antibiotics

Antimicrobial peptides (APs) have been described as evolutionary ancient weapons. Produced by a wide variety of organisms as part of a non-specific immune response, these peptides are involved in the direct destruction of various microorganisms. Several APs have been shown to have broad activity spectra against microorganisms such as Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, enveloped viruses, ...

Antimicrobial Peptides – Promising Alternatives to Conventional Antibiotics

Antimicrobial peptides (APs) have been described as evolutionary ancient weapons. Produced by a wide variety of organisms as part of a non-specific immune response, these peptides are involved in the direct destruction of various microorganisms. Several APs have been shown to have broad activity spectra against microorganisms such as Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, enveloped viruses, ...

Antimicrobial peptides: promising alternatives to conventional antibiotics.

Antimicrobial peptides (APs) have been described as evolutionary ancient weapons. Produced by a wide variety of organisms as part of a non-specific immune response, these peptides are involved in the direct destruction of various microorganisms. Several APs have been shown to have broad activity spectra against microorganisms such as Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, enveloped viruses, ...