Table 1.

Antimicrobial properties of selected thionins

Protein	Susceptible species	References
Wheat endosperm crude purothionin	Bacteria: Pseudomonas solanacearum Xanthomonas phaseoli Xanthomonas campestris Erwinia amylovora Corynebacterium fascians C. flaccumfaciens C. michiganese C. poinsettiae C. sepedonicum	Fernandez De Caleya et al. (1972)
Wheat endosperm α-purothionin	Fungi: Rhizoctonia solani	Oard et al. (2004)
Viscotoxin A3 and B from leaves and stems of Viscum album L.	Fungi: Fusarium solani Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Phytophtora infestans	Giudici et al. (2004)
Nicotiana attenuate PR-13 thionins	Bacteria: Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato	Rayapuram et al. (2008)
Pearl millet seed thionin	Fungi: Sclerospora graminicola	Chandrashekhara et al. (2010)
WBeta (thionin) from Triticum aestivum	Fungi: Fusarium solani	Terras et al. ( 1993a, b)
AX1 thionin from Beta vulgaris	Fungi: Cercospora beticola	Kragh et al. (1995)