Plant Antimicrobial Peptides as Potential Anticancer Agents

Table 1

Classification of plant AMPs¹.

Family	Disulfide bonds	Activity
Thionins	3-4	Bacteria, fungi, and cytotoxic
Defensins	3-4	Bacteria, fungi, and cytotoxic
Cyclotides	3	Bacteria, virus, insects, and cytotoxic
Knottin-like	3	Gram (+) bacteria and fungi
Shepherdins	0 (linear)	Bacteria and fungi
MBP-1	2	Bacteria and fungi
Ib-AMPs	2	Gram (+) bacteria and fungi
LTP	3-4	Bacteria and fungi
Snakins	6	Bacteria and fungi
Hevein-like	4	Gram (+) bacteria and fungi
-Barrelins	6	Fungi
2S albumins	2	Bacteria and fungi

Modified from [21–23].