brilacidin tetrahydrochloride

Brilacidin tetrahydrochloride (PMX 30063 tetrahydrochloride) is a defensin mimetic antibiotic compound, exhibiting potent anti-infective antimicrobial activity against a range of bacteria. It demonstrates MIC90 values of 1 μg/mL and 8 μg/mL against the Gram-positive bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus viridans, respectively. Additionally, it has a MIC90 value of 8 μg/mL for the Gram-negative bacteria Haemophilus influenzae and a MIC90 value of 4 μg/mL for Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Brilacidin is a nonpeptidic anti-infective in a new class of defensin mimetics used for the research of eye infections.