Crocodillin

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Crocodillin is an antibacterial substance found in crocodile blood. The active substance is a peptide isolated by Gill Diamond. Substance is presumably an explanation to how crocodiles are able to avoid serious infection in the very septic and contagious environment that they reside in.

[edit] References

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1. Antibacterial properties of serum from the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), Merchant ME et.al., Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 2003 Nov;136(3):505-13.
2. Naturally occurring antibacterial activities of avian and crocodile tissues, M. Shaharabany, et al, J Antimicrob Chemother 1999; 44: 416–418

[edit] External links

• BBC - Crocodillin
• BBC - The Open University

[edit] See also

• Penicillinsv:Crocodilin