Darsha Naidu

Ms. Darsha Naidu

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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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23 October 2025 in Biomolecules
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KWKatharina Webhofer
Katharina Webhofer
DNDarsha Naidu
Darsha Naidu
MKMilandip Karak
Milandip Karak
SCStephen Cochrane
Stephen Cochrane
CMChris J MORRIS
Chris J MORRIS
Rachael DickmanRachael Dickman
Rachael Dickman
With antibiotic resistance becoming an increasingly pressing issue, the search for novel antimicrobial drugs is more important than ever before. The recently discovered calcium-dependent lipopeptides cadaside A/B and malacidin A/B have promising activity against resistant Gram-positive bacteria. With limited reports of synthetic routes towards these peptides available in the literature, especially for cadasides, we herein report a novel on-resin synthesis strategy. We used this strategy to produce fifteen simplified malacidin and cadaside analogues. In addition, both minimum inhibitory concentration and thin layer chromatography assays were conducted to determine antimicrobial activity and advance our understanding of these peptides’ structure–activity relationships.