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How Fast Do Antimicrobial Lactoferricin Peptides Break Down in the Body?

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The takeaway

Metabolic fate studies of lactoferricin-based peptides revealed truncation and amino acid analog incorporation improve proteolytic stability — guiding design of longer-lasting antimicrobial peptide drugs.

Key finding

Metabolic fate studies of lactoferricin-based peptides revealed truncation and amino acid analog incorporation improve proteolytic stability — guiding

What the researchers found

Metabolic fate studies of lactoferricin-based peptides revealed truncation and amino acid analog incorporation improve proteolytic stability — guiding design of longer-lasting antimicrobial peptide drugs.

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?
How Fast Do Antimicrobial Lactoferricin Peptides Break Down in the Body?
What was found?
Metabolic fate studies of lactoferricin-based peptides revealed truncation and amino acid analog incorporation improve proteolytic stability — guiding design of longer-lasting antimicrobial peptide drugs.

Read the original research

Metabolic fate of lactoferricin-based antimicrobial peptides: effect of truncation and incorporation of amino acid analogs on the in vitro metabolic stability.

The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 332(3), 1032-9

Citation

Svenson, Johan; Vergote, Valentijn; Karstad, Rasmus; Burvenich, Christian; Svendsen, John S; De Spiegeleer, Bart. (2010). Metabolic fate of lactoferricin-based antimicrobial peptides: effect of truncation and incorporation of amino acid analogs on the in vitro metabolic stability.. The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 332(3), 1032-9. https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.109.162826