Biosurfactants: potential and eco-friendly material for sustainable agriculture and environmental safety—a review

E Gayathiri, P Prakash, N Karmegam, S Varjani… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the present climate change and increasing world population, there is an urgent need to
discover creative, efficient, and cost-effective natural products for the benefit of humanity …

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 …

Surfactants-based remediation as an effective approach for removal of environmental pollutants—A review

T Rasheed, S Shafi, M Bilal, T Hussain, F Sher… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Deterioration of environmental quality and equilibrium by rampant industrial expansion,
accelerated urbanization and unchecked population growth has become a high-priority …

Use of surfactants for the remediation of contaminated soils: a review

X Mao, R Jiang, W Xiao, J Yu - Journal of hazardous materials, 2015 - Elsevier
Due to the great harm caused by soil contamination, there is an increasing interest to apply
surfactants to the remediation of a variety of contaminated soils worldwide. This review …

Biosurfactants in agriculture

DP Sachdev, SS Cameotra - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2013 - Springer
Agricultural productivity to meet growing demands of human population is a matter of great
concern for all countries. Use of green compounds to achieve the sustainable agriculture is …

Tapping the role of microbial biosurfactants in pesticide remediation: an eco-friendly approach for environmental sustainability

A Raj, A Kumar, JF Dames - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pesticides are used indiscriminately all over the world to protect crops from pests and
pathogens. If they are used in excess, they contaminate the soil and water bodies and …

Physico-chemical challenges on the self-assembly of natural and bio-based ingredients on hair surfaces: towards sustainable haircare formulations

GS Luengo, F Leonforte, A Greaves, RG Rubio… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymers and surfactants are used in many technological and industrial applications such
as the manufacture of functional materials and coatings, personal care and pharmaceutical …

Microbial glycoconjugates in organic pollutant bioremediation: recent advances and applications

P Bhatt, A Verma, S Gangola, G Bhandari, S Chen - Microbial cell factories, 2021 - Springer
The large-scale application of organic pollutants (OPs) has contaminated the air, soil, and
water. Persistent OPs enter the food supply chain and create several hazardous effects on …

Contributions of biosurfactants to natural or induced bioremediation

Ł Ławniczak, R Marecik, Ł Chrzanowski - Applied microbiology and …, 2013 - Springer
The number of studies dedicated to evaluating the influence of biosurfactants on
bioremediation efficiency is constantly growing. Although significant progress regarding the …

Bio-electrokinetic remediation of crude oil contaminated soil enhanced by bacterial biosurfactant

AA Prakash, NS Prabhu, A Rajasekar… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study evaluating the coupling between bioremediation (BIO) and electrokinetic
(EK) remediation of crude oil hydrocarbon by using bio-electrokinetic (BIO-EK) technique …