pexiganan

English

Noun

pexiganan (uncountable)

1. A synthetic antimicrobial peptide developed for the treatment of infection in diabetics.
   • 2015 July 16, “Insect Antimicrobial Peptide Complexes Prevent Resistance Development in Bacteria”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Seven overnight passages with pexiganan caused MIC increase in 6 of 7 bacterial species tested.