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. 2021 Mar 24;22(7):3299. doi: 10.3390/ijms22073299
ACN acetonitrile
AMPs antimicrobial peptides
APL area per lipid
ATCC American Type Culture Collection
AU absorbance unit
BSA bovine serum albumin
CAC critical aggregation concentration
CENTA (6R,7R)-3-{[(3-Carboxy-4-nitrophenyl)sulfanyl]methyl}-8-oxo-7-[(2-thienylacetyl)amino]-5-thia-1-azabicyclo [4.2.0]oct-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid
CFU colony forming units
CLSI Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
CMC critical micelle concentration
DCM dichloromethane
DIC N,N′-diisopropylcarbodiimide
DMF N,N-dimethylformamide
EDT 1,2-ethaneditiol
EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
ESI electrospray-ionization
Fmoc 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl
GSH reduced glutathione
HaCaT immortalized human keratinocytes cell line
HC50 surfactant concentration causing 50% hemolysis
hRBCs human red blood cells
HSA human serum albumin
IC50 surfactant concentration causing 50% inhibition of the growth
IM inner membrane
LC-MS liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
MBEC minimum biofilm eradication concentration
MD molecular dynamics
MHB Mueller–Hinton broth
MIC minimum inhibitory concentration
MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MTS 4-{5-[3-(Carboxymethoxy)phenyl]-3-(4,5-dimethyl-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)-2H-tetrazol-3-ium-2-yl}benzenesulfonate; tetrazolium inner salt
nd not determined
NHS normal human serum
OM outer membrane
ONP ortho-nitrophenol
ONPG o-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactopyranoside
OxymaPure ethyl (2E)-cyano(hydroxyimino)acetate
PBS phosphate-buffer saline
POPE 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine
POPG 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoglycerol
Q-TOF quadrupole time-of-flight
RP-HPLC reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography
SDA Sabouraud dextrose agar
SI selectivity index
tBu tert-butyl
TFA trifluoroacetic acid
TIS triisopropylsilane
TNB- 2-nitro-5-thiobenzoate anion
UPLC-HRMS ultra-performance liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry
USCLs ultrashort cationic lipopeptides
VRE vancomycin-resistant enterococci
WHO World Health Organization