Omiganan pentahydrochloride

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-015620",
  "term": "Omiganan pentahydrochloride",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A pentahydrochloride salt of omiganan, a synthetic cationic antimicrobial peptide with wide-spectrum activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and fungi. Omiganan pentahydrochloride, an analog of indolicidin, acts by disrupting bacterial cytoplasmic membranes and has been tested in a topical gel for the prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infections.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/omiganan-pentahydrochloride/"
}