Patent ID: 8106152

Claim:
An antimicrobial composition, the composition comprising an aqueous solvent and having a divalent cation and a peptide dissolved therein, wherein the divalent cation is added to the solvent such that substantially all of the divalent cation is dissolved in the solvent, wherein the divalent cation is a Ca 2+ or a Zn 2+ ion, and wherein the peptide is non-glycosylated, has a length of less than about 100 amino acids, and comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: Ala Val Glu Ser Thr Val Ala Thr Leu Glu Ala X Pro Glu Val Ile Glu Ser Pro Pro Glu (SEQ ID NO:1); and Ala Val Glu Ser Thr Val Ala Thr Leu Glu Asp X Pro Glu Val Ile Glu Ser Pro Pro Glu (SEQ ID NO:2), wherein amino acid residue X is a phosphoseryl residue.