Table 5.

Comparative study of the antimicrobial activities of DLP-PH, distinctin, the B-chain of distinctin in isolation, Pexiganan and conventional antibiotic ampicillin.

	MIC
	S. aureus	E. coli	P. aeruginosa
DLP-PHa	61.0	7.6	15.2
Distinctinb	23.4	11.7	23.4
Distinctin, B-chainb	43.3	24.7	43.3
Pexigananc	6.5	12.9	12.9
Ampicillina	0.06	45.8	>366.3

Unit: μM; ND: not determined.

^aDetermined using the type strains mentioned in this study.

^bMIC₉₀ values at which 90% of the isolates tested were inhibited (Dalla Serra et al., 2008).

^cDetermined using the same type strains mentioned in this study (Ge et al., 1999).