Table 2.

List of some of the AMPs with putative antibacterial activity.

AMPs	Source	Bacteria Inhibited	Antimicrobial Activity	References
ZmD32	Corn	E. coli, Bacillus subtilis, P. aeruginosa, and S. aureus	50% Inhibitory concentration of ZmD32 ranged between 0.4 and 1.7 μM	[68]
LL-37	Human cathelicidin hCAP18	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus, Vancomycin Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA)	Minimum inhibitory concentration was recorded as 64,128,64 and 256 µg/mL for VISA, MSSA, VRSA, and MRSA, respectively	[69]
Melimine and Mel4		P. aeruginosa	It took 4 and 30 min for Mel4 and melimine, respectively, to permeate through the cytoplasmic layer	[70]
Cecropin A	Moth	Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC)	Incorporation of 0.25 µM−1 µM CecA with nalidixic acid was able to permeate through UPEC cell membrane by 15%.	[71]
BING	Japanese medaka plasma	Broad spectrum including E. coli, Enterococcus faecalis, S. aureus and P. aeruginosa A	Minimum inhibitory concentration of BONG ranged between 4 and 50 µg/mL	[72]
D-Cateslytin	Human	Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas micra, Pseudomonas intermedia and F. nucleatum	Minimum inhibitory concentration of D-Cateslyt ranged between 8 and 24 μg/mL	[73]
Guavanin 2	guava	E. coli, Listeria ivanovii and Candida parapsilosis	Minimum inhibitory concentration for E. coli, Listeria ivanovii, and C. parapsilosis was recorded as 6.25, 50, and 50 µM	[74]
Thanatin		E. coliandK. pneumoniae	Thanatin replaces divalent cations from bacterial membrane and causes disruption	[75]
Temporin B	Frog skin	Staphylococcus epidermidis	Chitosan nanoparticles containing Temporin B showed 4 log reduction of S. epidermis compared to chitosan nanoparticles	[76]
Oncocin	Milkweed bug	P. aeruginosa, E. coli and Acinetobacter baumannii	Minimum inhibitory concentration of Oncocin was recorded as 0.125 to 8 μg/mL	[77]