Contributions of glycolipid biosurfactants and glycolipid-modified materials to antimicrobial strategy: a review

Q Shu, H Lou, T Wei, X Liu, Q Chen - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glycolipid biosurfactants are natural amphiphiles and have gained particular interest
recently in their biodegradability, diversity, and bioactivity. Microbial infection has caused …

Glycolipid biosurfactants: Potential related biomedical and biotechnological applications

M Inès, G Dhouha - Carbohydrate Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Glycolipids, consisting of a carbohydrate moiety linked to fatty acids, are microbial surface
active compounds produced by various microorganisms. They are characterized by highly …

Inhibition of Bacterial Adhesion and Antibiofilm Activities of a Glycolipid Biosurfactant from Lactobacillus rhamnosus with Its Physicochemical and Functional …

M Patel, AJ Siddiqui, WS Hamadou, M Surti… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biosurfactants derived from different microbes are an alternative to chemical surfactants,
which have broad applications in food, oil, biodegradation, cosmetic, agriculture, pesticide …

Rhamnolipid the Glycolipid Biosurfactant: Emerging trends and promising strategies in the field of biotechnology and biomedicine

P Thakur, NK Saini, VK Thakur, VK Gupta… - Microbial Cell …, 2021 - Springer
Rhamnolipids (RLs) are surface-active compounds and belong to the class of glycolipid
biosurfactants, mainly produced from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Due to their non-toxicity …

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 …

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 …

Interest of glycolipids in drug delivery: from physicochemical properties to drug targeting

V Faivre, V Rosilio - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Importance of the field: The need for new products derived from natural sources for the
replacement of the commonly used non-ionic surfactants containing ethylene oxide units …

Antibiotic-loaded lipid-based nanocarrier: A promising strategy to overcome bacterial infection

MAB Henostroza, GD Tavares, MN Yukuyama… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), bacterial infections are one of the greatest threats to global health …

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 …

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 …