Harnessing the potential of biosurfactants for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications

C Ceresa, L Fracchia, AC Sansotera, MAD De Rienzo… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biosurfactants (BSs) are microbial compounds that have emerged as potential alternatives
to chemical surfactants due to their multifunctional properties, sustainability and …

Microbial Biosurfactants: Antimicrobial Activity and Potential Biomedical and Therapeutic Exploits

P Puyol McKenna, PJ Naughton, JSG Dooley… - Pharmaceuticals, 2024 - mdpi.com
The rapid emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens worldwide has raised concerns
regarding the effectiveness of conventional antibiotics. This can be observed in ESKAPE …

Biosurfactants: potential applications in medicine

L Rodrigues, IM Banat, J Teixeira… - Journal of antimicrobial …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The use and potential commercial application of biosurfactants in the medical field has
increased during the past decade. Their antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral activities make …

Recent advances in biomedical, therapeutic and pharmaceutical applications of microbial surfactants

C Ceresa, L Fracchia, E Fedeli, C Porta, IM Banat - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The spread of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens typically existing in biofilm formation and
the recent COVID-19 pandemic, although unrelated phenomena, have demonstrated the …

Biosurfactants from bacteria and fungi: perspectives on advanced biomedical applications

RR Saikia, S Deka, H Sarma - Biosurfactants for a sustainable …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biosurfactants have drawn attention of the researchers worldwide considering the demand
of green molecules for wide range of biomedical applications. Compared to synthetic …

Potential applications of microbial surfactants in biomedical sciences

P Singh, SS Cameotra - TRENDS in Biotechnology, 2004 - cell.com
The main commercial use of biosurfactants is in pollution remediation because of their ability
to stabilize emulsions. This enhances the solubility and availability of hydrophobic …

Biosurfactants: promising bioactive molecules for oral-related health applications

M Elshikh, R Marchant, IM Banat - FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Biosurfactants are naturally produced molecules that demonstrate potentially useful
properties such as the ability to reduce surface tensions between different phases. Besides …

Microbial surfactants: fundamentals and applicability in the formulation of nano-sized drug delivery vectors

LR Rodrigues - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2015 - Elsevier
Microbial surfactants, so-called biosurfactants, comprise a wide variety of structurally distinct
amphipathic molecules produced by several microorganisms. Besides exhibiting surface …

Potential therapeutic applications of biosurfactants

EJ Gudiña, V Rangarajan, R Sen… - Trends in pharmacological …, 2013 - cell.com
Biosurfactants have recently emerged as promising molecules for their structural novelty,
versatility, and diverse properties that are potentially useful for many therapeutic …

Biomedical and therapeutic applications of biosurfactants

LR Rodrigues, JA Teixeira - Biosurfactants, 2010 - Springer
During the last years, several applications of biosurfactants with medical purposes have
been reported. Biosurfactants are considered relevant molecules for applications in …