Research Article

Discovery of Novel Caeridins from the Skin Secretion of the Australian White’s Tree Frog, Litoria caerulea

Table 4

Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of Caeridins, melittin, and bradykinin against different tested microorganisms.

PeptidesMIC/MBC (μM)MIC/MFC (μM)
S. aureus NCTC10788MRSA NCTC12493E. faecalis NCTC12697E. coli NCTC10418C. albicans NCYC1467

Caeridin-a18/1616/3232/6432/6432/64
S5-Caeridin-1>512/>512>512/>512>512/>512>512/>512>512/>512
Caeridin-1>512/>512>512/>512>512/>512>512/>512>512/>512
Melittin1/22/42/44/81/8
Bradykinin>512/>512>512/>512>512/>512>512/>512>512/>512