Biosurfactants (BSs) are microbial compounds that have emerged as potential alternatives to chemical surfactants due to their multifunctional properties, sustainability and …
Surfactants are amphiphilic compounds having hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties in their structure. They can be of synthetic or of microbial origin, obtained respectively from …
Biosurfactants have recently emerged as promising molecules for their structural novelty, versatility, and diverse properties that are potentially useful for many therapeutic …
The spread of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens typically existing in biofilm formation and the recent COVID-19 pandemic, although unrelated phenomena, have demonstrated the …
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 …
Surfactants play critical roles in various applications including food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, mineral processing, wastewater treatment, etc. However, traditional chemical …
Microbial surfactants are amphiphilic surface-active substances aid to reduce surface and interfacial tensions by accumulating between two fluid phases. They can be generically …
JR Lu, XB Zhao, M Yaseen - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2007 - Elsevier
Several types of natural and biomimetic surfactants have recently been reported. These biosurfactants bear the same common structural features as conventional surfactants, but …
M Nitschke, CA Marangon - Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The interest in nano-sized materials to develop novel products has increased exponentially in the last decade, together with the search for green methods for their synthesis. An …