TABLE 1.

Loss of cell viability by exposure of Candida spp. to four individual peptides (50 μM) in clarified (filter-sterilized) saliva

Strain	% Loss of cell viability
	MUC7 12-mer-d		MUC7 12-mer-l		Hsn5 12-mer		Magainin-II
	With PIC	Without PIC	With PIC	Without PIC	With PIC	Without PIC	With PIC	Without PIC
C. albicans ATCC 96112	100.0 ± 0.0	74.2 ± 35.7	98.9 ± 1.3	79.9 ± 31.2	97.2 ± 2.3	19.1 ± 29.9	97.9 ± 0.8	7.2 ± 5.3
C. albicans DIS	99.9 ± 0.2	73.8 ± 10.5	91.0 ± 13.7	44.8 ± 13.0	64.6 ± 10.7	18.7 ± 14.0	94.4 ± 3.8	0.0 ± 0.0
C. glabrata ATCC 90030	99.8 ± 0.3	100.0 ± 0.0	94.2 ± 0.3	20.6 ± 1.7	30.6 ± 15.6	1.7 ± 1.5	99.1 ± 0.8	0.0 ± 0.0
C. glabrata 65C	100.0 ± 0.0	99.8 ± 0.2	96.4 ± 1.3	21.6 ± 4.1	40.6 ± 12.4	0.0 ± 0.0	99.8 ± 0.3	0.0 ± 0.0
C. krusei	98.9 ± 0.0	47.2 ± 8.8	99.5 ± 0.0	17.6 ± 13.5	74.4 ± 29.5	0.0 ± 0.0	100 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0