Review Article

Dermaseptins and Magainins: Antimicrobial Peptides from Frogs' Skin—New Sources for a Promising Spermicides Microbicides—A Mini Review

Figure 1

Effect of dermaseptin on sperm motility. Motile spermatozoa were preincubated in the presence or absence of increasing concentrations of five dermaseptins derivatives for 20 seconds photomicrographics (a) control and (b) in the presence of dermaseptin; complete sperm immobilization was seen after treatment (aggregate of spermatozoa at E = 25  g/mL)). Original magnification 100 [44].
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