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pexiganan (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic antimicrobial peptide developed for the treatment of infection in diabetics.
    • 2015 July 16, “Insect Antimicrobial Peptide Complexes Prevent Resistance Development in Bacteria”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Seven overnight passages with pexiganan caused MIC increase in 6 of 7 bacterial species tested.