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

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