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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a potential source of antimicrobial agents that could replace antibiotics. AMPs, a broad class of antimicrobial compounds, are found in the immune systems of organisms and are peptides with a high net positive charge and a mixture of hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions along their length, also known as defense peptides against pathogens mansion. It is believed that the high positive charge enables AMPs to accumulate on the surface of a pathogen’s membrane, formi