Effect of Hydrophobic Groups on Antimicrobial and Hemolytic Activity: Developing a Predictive Tool for Ternary Antimicrobial Polymers
作者:Pham Thu Phuong、Susan Oliver、Junchen He、Edgar H. H. Wong、Robert T. Mathers、Cyrille Boyer
DOI:10.1021/acs.biomac.0c01320
日期:2020.12.14
method enabled correlation of polymer hydrophobicity with antimicrobial and hemolytic activity. In addition, this study revealed that minimizing hydrophobicity and hydrophobic content were key factors in controlling hemolysis, whereas optimizing antimicrobial activity was more complex. High antimicrobial activity required hydrophobicity (i.e., C log P, hydrophobicity index) that was neither too high nor
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