Highly active antibacterial ferrocenoylated or ruthenocenoylated Arg-Trp peptides can be discovered by an<scp>l</scp>-to-<scp>d</scp>substitution scan

Abstract

By taking a systematic approach several short organometallic AMP conjugates were discovered which have very low hemolytic activity but virtually the same antimicrobial activity against MRSA as that of vancomycin.