Alloferon 1 – Antimicrobial Peptides – AMP

Alloferon 1, a member of the Alloferons is extracted from the blood of experimentally infected Callifora vicina fly and demonstrates both antimicrobial and anti-tumour activity . The Alloferons are bioactive, cationic peptides and exhibit the ability to stimulate Natural Killer cell activity and IFN synthesis. Due to studies investigating the effect Alloferon 1 would have on the central nervous system it was shown that Alloferon 1 had no toxic effects and therefore has the potential to be used as an anti-tumour therapeutic.