Hemolytic Activity of Antimicrobial Peptides

TY - CHAP

T1 - Hemolytic Activity of Antimicrobial Peptides

AU - Oddo, Alberto

AU - Hansen, Paul Robert

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - For antimicrobial peptides to be interesting for systemic applications, they must show low toxicity against erythrocytes. In this chapter, we describe a protocol for measuring the ability of AMPs to lyse human red blood cells, using melittin as positive control.

AB - For antimicrobial peptides to be interesting for systemic applications, they must show low toxicity against erythrocytes. In this chapter, we describe a protocol for measuring the ability of AMPs to lyse human red blood cells, using melittin as positive control.

UR - https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007/978-1-4939-6737-7_31

M3 - Book chapter

VL - 1548

SP - 427

EP - 435

BT - Methods in molecular biology

A2 - Hansen, Paul R.

PB - Springer

ER -