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Some impediments to the bioavailablity and systemic activity of antimicrobial peptides. Antimicrobial peptides must accumulate significantly on bacteria to have bactericidal activity. In the body, interactions with host cells and tissue, interactions with serum proteins and proteolytic degradation can decrease accumulation, and decrease activity.
