Antifungal activity of epithelia from selected frogs species of the south Western Cape of South Africa

Govender, Thashlin

Antifungal activity of epithelia from selected frogs species of the south Western Cape of South Africa

Author(s)

Govender, Thashlin

Date Issued

2008

Type

Thesis

Publisher

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Abstract

Resistance to antibiotics has been acknowledged as a major global public health problem. The use of peptides to provide alternatives to combat multi drug resistant organisms is of current relevance to overcome antibiotic resistance. The high deversity of amphibian skin peptides render these animals a potential source for the discovery of novel drugs.

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Thesis (MTech Biomedical Technology)) ---Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2008

Subjects

Antibiotics -- Analys...

Bacteria -- Effects o...

Fungi

Frogs as laboratory a...

Peptides

Epithelium

Frogs -- South Africa...

Microbial sensitivity...

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