This review discusses the classification, characteristics, and applications of biosurfactants.
The biosynthesis pathways for different classes of biosurfactants are reviewed. An in-depth …

Microbial biosurfactants have gained interest in the last decades because of their unique
characteristics. The variety of chemical structures within these compounds makes them very …

Melanomas account for 80% of skin cancer deaths. Due to the strong relationship between
melanomas and UV radiation, sunscreens have been recommended for use as a primary …

The 21st century has seen a substantial increase in the industrial applications of glycolipid
biosurfactant technology. The market value of the glycolipid class of molecules …

Over the past 15 years, glycolipid-type biosurfactant compounds have been postulated as
novel, naturally synthesized anticancer agents. This study utilized a recombinant strain of …

In many industrial fields, in medicine or pharmacy, there are used multi-component mixtures
of surfactants as well as more and more often mixtures containing biosurfactants. Thus, in …

A biosurfactant producing bacterium was identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa DNM50
based on molecular characterization (NCBI accession no. MK351591). Structural …

Biosurfactants encompass structurally and chemically diverse molecules with surface active
properties, and a broad industrial deployment, including pharmaceuticals. The interest is …

The use of surfactants spans most industrial fields due to their useful tensio-active
properties. These typically chemically synthesized molecules face increasing scrutiny and …

The wettability of quartz by different liquids and solutions plays a very important role in
practical applications. Hence, the wetting behaviour of ethanol (ET), rhamnolipid (RL) and …