Figure 8.

Use of peptides to protect G. mellonella larvae against P. brasiliensis infection. The survival curve of G. mellonella larvae (n = 10 per group) was treated with the selected peptides (A1) to Pep1, (A2) to Pep2, (A3) to Pep3 and (A4) to Pep6 at both concentrations (50 and 100 µg/larva) 3 h before infection with P. brasiliensis. Statistical analyses were performed using the log-rank (Mantel–Cox) test of three independent experiments. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 and ns: not significant. The p values for each peptide and concentration as well as the % of larvae survival are described in the figure.