Patent ID: 8138144

Claim:
A composition, comprising an antimicrobial cationic peptide at a concentration ranging from about 0.01% to about 10% (w/w), a viscosity-increasing agent at a concentration of about 0.5% to about 5% (w/w), a solvent, and a monocarboxylate buffering agent at a concentration ranging from about 1 mM to about 200 mM, wherein the cationic peptide is a peptide of up to 35 amino acids comprising 11B7CN (SEQ ID NO: 23) wherein the viscosity-increasing agent is hydroxyethyl cellulose, the solvent is water and glycerin, and the monocarboxylate buffering agent is lactate, wherein the solvent comprises glycerin at a concentration up to about 20% (w/w), and wherein the composition is a gel and has a pH ranging from about 3 to about 8.