More than 3000 AMPs have been identified (Li et al. 2021) and certain AMPs are reported to be effective agents in combating tumor cells (Oliveira et al. 2021), clinical bacterial pathogens (Picoli et al. 2017; Kazemzadeh-Narbata et al. 2021) as well as phytopathogens (Das et al. 2019). Here, ADSL is linked to neoplasm.