Biosurfactants, natural alternatives to synthetic surfactants: Physicochemical properties and applications

R Jahan, AM Bodratti, M Tsianou… - Advances in colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biosurfactants comprise a wide array of amphiphilic molecules synthesized by plants,
animals, and microbes. The synthesis route dictates their molecular characteristics, leading …

Biosurfactant is a powerful tool for the bioremediation of heavy metals from contaminated soils

S Mishra, Z Lin, S Pang, Y Zhang, P Bhatt… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal toxicity has become a pressing ecological problem that affects the ecosystems
through bioaccumulation, representing a serious public health hazard. Many conventional …

A review on new aspects of lipopeptide biosurfactant: types, production, properties and its application in the bioremediation process

PS Kumar, PT Ngueagni - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the worldwide search regarding renewable products from natural resources is
increasing due to the toxicity of chemical counterparts. Biosurfactants are surface-active …

Phase separation, aggregation, and complexation of triton-X100 and bovine serum albumin mixture: A combined cloud point and UV–visible spectroscopic …

HA Bhuiyan, JM Khan, D Kumar, MK Banjare… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Phase separation and aggregation behaviour of triton X-100 (TX-100) and bovine serum
albumin (BSA) mixture were investigated using cloud point and UV–visible spectroscopic …

Lipopeptide Biosurfactants from Bacillus spp.: Types, Production, Biological Activities, and Applications in Food

N Ali, Z Pang, F Wang, B Xu… - Journal of Food …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biosurfactants are a functionally and structurally heterogeneous group of biomolecules
produced by multiple filamentous fungi, yeast, and bacteria, and characterized by their …

Metallosurfactant aggregates: Structures, properties, and potentials for multifarious applications

S Kumari, M Nehra, S Jain, N Dilbaghi… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metallosurfactants offer important scientific and technological advances due to their novel
interfacial properties. As a special class of structures formed by the integration of metal ions …

Efficient conversion of black cumin cake from industrial waste into lipopeptide biosurfactant by Pseudomonas fluorescens

D Ciurko, W Łaba, A Kancelista, Ł John… - Biochemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Most biosurfactants are obtained using costly culture media, which limits their wider
industrial use. In the present study, a low-cost culture medium, containing the agro-industrial …

A promising antifungal lipopeptide from Bacillus subtilis: its characterization and insight into the mode of action

S Ramesh, U Roy, S Roy, SM Rudramurthy - Applied Microbiology and …, 2024 - Springer
Emerging resistance of fungal pathogens and challenges faced in drug development have
prompted renewed investigations into novel antifungal lipopeptides. The antifungal …

The elucidation of the multimodal action of the investigational anti-Candida lipopeptide (AF4) lead from Bacillus subtilis

S Ramesh, U Roy, S Roy - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background: Candida species are the main etiological agents for candidiasis, and Candida
albicans are the most common infectious species. Candida species' growing resistance to …

Binding isotherms of surfactants used in detergent formulations to bovine serum albumin

H Mateos, A Valentini, G Colafemmina, S Murgia… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2020 - Elsevier
Protein-surfactant interactions are the focus of extensive research due to their many
applications in food technology and detergent industry. In this work, we investigate the …