Antibacterial and Antiviral Properties of Chenopodin-Derived Synthetic Peptides

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...

• Main Author: Espinosa de los Monteros Silva, Nina (author)
• Other Authors: Proaño Bolaños, Carolina (author), de Almeida, José R. (author), Feijoo-Coronel, Marcia L. (author), Mendes, Bruno (author), Ramírez, David (author), Peña-Varas, Carlos (author), de Oliveira, Leonardo Camilo (author), Fernandes Lívio, Diego (author), da Silva, José Antônio (author), F. da Silva, José Maurício S. (author), G. Pereira, Marília Gabriella A. (author), B. Rodrigues, Marina Q. R. (author), Teixeira, Mauro M. (author), Granjeiro, Paulo Afonso (author), Patel, Ketan (author), Vaiyapuri, Sakthivel (author)
• Format: article
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: antimicrobial; antiviral; Chenopodin; membranolytic; quinoa; synthetic peptides
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics13010078; http://repositorio.ikiam.edu.ec/jspui/handle/RD_IKIAM/770