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In this study, a novel AFP, Cc-AFP1, with a molecular weight of ~3.759 kDa, was isolated from <jats:italic>Carum carvi<\/jats:italic> L., purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation and reversed-phase HPLC and finally identified by sequence analysis using Edman degradation. Peptide sequence analysis revealed a fragment of 36 amino acid residues as RVCFRPVAPYLGVGVSGAVRDQIGVKLGSVYKGPRG for Cc-AFP1 with a net charge of +5 and a hydrophobicity ratio of 38%. The antifungal activity of Cc-AFP1 was confirmed against <jats:italic>Aspergillus<\/jats:italic> species with MIC values in the range of 8\u201316 \u00b5g\/ml. Cc-AFP1 had less than 5% hemolytic activity at 8\u201316 \u00b5g\/ml on human red blood cells with no obvious cytotoxicity against the HEK293 cell line. Stability analysis showed that the activity of Cc-AFP1 was maintained at different temperatures (20\u00b0C to 80\u00b0C) and pH (8 to 10). The results of a propidium iodide uptake and transmission electron microscopy showed that the antifungal activity of Cc-AFP1 could be attributed to alteration in the fungal cell membrane permeability. 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