Synthetic, 22 amino acid peptide; analog of the magainins, q.v. Prepn: B. Berkowitz, L. Jacob, WO 9301723 (1993 to Magainin). In vitro antibacterial spectrum: Y. Ge et al., Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 35, 45 (1999). Review of development: L. Jacob, M. Zasloff, Ciba Found. Symp. 186, 197-216 (1994); of structure-activity studies: W. L. Maloy, U. P. Kari, Biopolymers 37, 105-122 (1995); of pharmacology and clinical trials in diabetic foot ulcers: H. M. Lamb, L. R. Wiseman, Drugs 56, 1047-1052 (1998).
Antibacterial.
Antibacterial (Synthetic); Peptides