Table 5.
Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (MIC) and haemolysis for some cationic polymers.
| Polymer | Microrganism | MIC (μg/mL) | Haemolysis | Ref. |
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| Polyionene 5 | P. aeruginosa | 100–330 | Nt | [86] |
| S. aureus | 5–10 | |||
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| Polyionene 14 | P. aeruginosa | 330–660 | Nt | [86] |
| S. aureus | 33–66 | |||
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| Lipopeptoid | P. aeruginosa | 64 | 56% (at 100 μg/mL lipopeptoid) | [190] |
| C16NlysGNlys | S. aureus | 8 | ||
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| Lipopeptoid | P. aeruginosa | 128 | 68% (at 100 μg/mL lipopeptoid) | [190] |
| C16NlysNlysNlys | S. aureus | 16 | ||
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| Lipopeptide | P. aeruginosa | * 128 | 4% (at 100 μg/mL lipopeptide) | [191] |
| C16-KKK | S. aureus | * 16 | ||
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| Lipopeptide | P. aeruginosa | * 64 | 63% (at 100 μg/mL lipopeptide) | [191] |
| C16-KGK | S. aureus | * 8 | ||
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| pDMAEMA | P. aeruginosa | 1000 | 50% | [242] |
| S. epidermidis | 100 | >10 mg/mL | ||
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| PDDA | P. aeruginosa | ** 1.0 | 0% (at 100 μg/mL) | [45,213] |
| S. aureus | ** 10 | |||
| C. albicans | ** 0.5 | |||
MIC for 90% inhibition of microorganisms.
MBC for 99% of cell death. Nt: Not tested.