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. 2020 Jan 30;21(3):887. doi: 10.3390/ijms21030887
AMPs antimicrobial peptides
Ac acetyl group
Boc tert-butyloxycarbonyl
C4 butanoic acid residue
C6 hexanoic acid residue
C8 octanoic acid residue
C10 decanoic acid residue
C12 dodecanoic acid residue
C14 tetradecanoic acid residue
CAC critical aggregation concentration
CD circular dichroism
CFU colony forming unit
DCM dichloromethane
DHPC l,2-diheptanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
DIC N,N′-diisopropylcarbodiimide
DMF N,N-dimethylformamide
DMSO dimethyl sulfoxide
DOSY Diffusion-Ordered Spectroscopy
DPC dodecylphosphocholine
EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
ESI MS electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
ESKAPE bacteria Enterococcus faecium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella aerogenes, Staphylococcus aureus
Fmoc 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl
GM geometric mean
HAIs hospital-acquired infections
hRBCs human red blood cells
IC50 half maximal inhibitory concentration
MBEC minimal biofilm eradication concentration
MDR multidrug-resistant
MHC minimal hemolytic concentration
MIC minimal inhibitory concentration
MRSA methicillin-resistant S. aureus
MTT 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide
Pbf 2,2,4,6,7-pentamethyl-dihydrobenzofuran-5-sulfonyl residue
PBS phosphate buffered saline
POPC 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
POPG 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoglycerol
RP-HPLC reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography
SDS sodium dodecyl sulfate
SI selectivity index
SPPS solid-phase peptide synthesis
TFA trifluoroacetic acid
TIS triisopropylsilane
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