TABLE 2.

Antibacterial, hemolytic, and cytotoxic activities of selected cliotides

Peptide	MICa			HD50b	IC50c
	E. coli	K. pneumonia	P. aeruginosa
	μm
cT1	1.1	2.7	4.7	7.1	0.6
cT2	>100	>100	>100	>100	8.0
cT3	>100	>100	>100	13.1	2.0
cT4	1.0	5.5	7.5	8.4	0.6
D4Rd	1.3	1.9	1.5
Melittine				3.2

^a MIC, minimal inhibitory concentration.

^b HD₅₀ refers to the peptide concentration that causes 50% lysis of red blood cells.

^c IC₅₀ refers to the peptide concentration that causes 50% death of HeLa cells.

^d D4R is a synthetic antibacterial peptide that was used as the positive control for antibacterial assay.

^e Melittin was used as the positive control for hemolytic assay.