BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE

摘要

The invention provides a broad spectrum antimicrobial compound that includes a tryptophan-rich peptide exhibiting antianti-microbial activity. A method of microbicidal inhibition or microbistatic inhibition of microbial growth is also provided. The method includes administering to an environment capable of sustaining microbial growth a microbicidally or microbistatically effective amount of a tryptophan-rich peptide exhibiting antimicrobial activity.