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Cyclotides: Circular Peptides From Plants With Drug and Agricultural Applications

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The takeaway

Updated cyclotide review covering drug design applications (stable scaffolds for oral drugs) and agricultural uses (insecticidal, antimicrobial) — nature's circular peptides finding practical applications.

Key finding

Updated cyclotide review covering drug design applications (stable scaffolds for oral drugs) and agricultural uses (insecticidal, antimicrobial) — nat

What the researchers found

Updated cyclotide review covering drug design applications (stable scaffolds for oral drugs) and agricultural uses (insecticidal, antimicrobial) — nature's circular peptides finding practical applications.

Why it matters

Relevant for peptide research.

How the study worked

research study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

emerging evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2010.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
Cyclotides: Circular Peptides From Plants With Drug and Agricultural Applications
What was found?
Updated cyclotide review covering drug design applications (stable scaffolds for oral drugs) and agricultural uses (insecticidal, antimicrobial) — nature's circular peptides finding practical applications.

Read the original research

Cyclotides: macrocyclic peptides with applications in drug design and agriculture.

Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 67(1), 9-16

Citation

Craik, David J; Mylne, Joshua S; Daly, Norelle L. (2010). Cyclotides: macrocyclic peptides with applications in drug design and agriculture.. Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 67(1), 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-009-0159-3