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Table 1.

Example of some insects’ antimicrobial peptides (AMPs).

Amphipathic Linear Peptides
Name	Source	Size (aa)	Activity
Cecropin	Lepidoptera, Diptera	31–39	Gram negative/positive
Moricin	Lepidoptera	42	Gram negative/positive
Mellitin	Hymenoptera	26	Gram negative/positive
Cyclic Cysteine Rich Peptides
Defensin	Diptera, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera	32–43	Gram positive/negative
Drosomycin	Diptera	44	Fungi
Peptides Rich in Specific Amino Acids
Drosocin	Diptera	19	Gram negative
Diptericin	Diptera	100–110	Gram negative
Attacin	Lepidoptera	214–224	Gram negative
Coleptericin	Coleoptera	74	Gram negative
Gloverin	Lepidoptera	36–261 *	Gram negative