Melittin as a promising anti-protozoan peptide: current knowledge and future prospects

Abstract Protozoan diseases such as malaria, leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and sleeping sickness still levy a heavy toll on human lives. Deplorably, only few classes of anti-protozoan drugs have thus far been developed. The problem is further compounded by their intrinsic toxicity, emergence of dru...

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Main Authors: Hamed Memariani, Mojtaba Memariani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-05-01
Series:AMB Express
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-021-01229-1