Toxicity of 1–4, 7 and 8 in wild type AB1157 E. coli (closed/bolded symbols) and GC4803 alkA/tag glycosylase mutant cells (open symbols/non-bolded): dipeptides 1 (■,□), 2 (●,○), 3 (▲,△), 4 (▼, ▽) and tripeptides 7 (◆,◇), 8 (✖, ✕) and 9 (✚,+). Mid-log phase cells were exposed to varying concentrations of the analogues for 1 h, serially diluted and their survival measured on solid LB media.