This study shows that the antibacterial LL-37 peptide and its synthetic analogue WLBU2 are inhibited by salivary mucin and that the cationic steroid CSA-13 retains most of its function in the presence of an equal amount of mucin or saliva.

These data suggest that cationic lipids such as ceragenins warrant further testing as potential novel antibacterial agents.

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Oral health and oral hygiene practices seem unlikely to increase the efficacy of H. pylori eradication from the stomach.

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