Table 10.
Antimicrobial, hemolytic, and histamine-releasing activities of annulatin and related peptides.
| MIC a (μmol·L−1) | Hemolytic Activity (%) | Histamine Releasing Activity at 10 μmol·L−1 (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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E. coli (NBRC 14237) |
S. aureus (NBRC 12732) |
S. cerevisiae (NBRC 10217) |
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| at 10 μmol·L−1 | at 12.5 μmol·L−1 | |||||
| Annulatin | Negative | Negative | Negative | - | 15.4 | 33.0 |
| Mastoparan | - | - | - | 13.5 b | - | 31.1 b |
| Melittin | - | - | - | 100.0 b | - | 64.3 b |
a MIC: Minimum Inhibitory Concentration. b The activities from Shigeri et al. [34] were indicated. -: Not determined.