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Bioorg Med Chem Lett
; 20(16): 4808-11, 2010 Aug 15.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20620056
RESUMO
The synthesis, in vitro evaluation and conformational study of KKWKMRRNQFWIKIQR-NH(2), HFRWRQIKIWFQNRRMKWKK-NH(2) and RQPKIWFPNRRKPWKK-NH(2) acting as antifungal agents are reported. These peptides displayed a moderate but significant antifungal effect against both pathogenic fungi Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans. The conformational analysis of these peptides was carried out using both theoretical and experimental methods.