Antimicrobial Peptides: Their Role as Infection-Selective Tracers for Molecular Imaging

Table 1

Representative antimicrobial peptides of different classifications (modified from [13]).

Class	Representatives	Host
-helical	LL-37	Mammal: human
	Cecropins	Insect: moth
	Melittin	Insect: honey bee
	Magainins	Amphibian: frog
	Fowlicidins	Ave: chicken
-sheet	Thanatin	Insect: soldier bug
	Tachyplesins	Arthropod: horseshoe crab
	Protegrins	Mammal: pig
	Plant defensin VrD2	Plant: mung bean
	Plectasin	Fungus: ebony cup
	Insect defensin A	Insect: northern blow fly
	α-defensin	Mammal: human
	β-defensin	Mammal: human
	θ-defensin	Mammal: rhesus monkey
Flexible	Indolicidin	Mammal: cow
	Tritrpticin	Mammal: pig
	Histatins	Mammal: human
	PR-39	Mammal: pig