Non-ionic surfactants for stabilization of polymeric nanoparticles for biomedical uses

H Cortés, H Hernández-Parra, SA Bernal-Chávez… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Surfactants are essential in the manufacture of polymeric nanoparticles by emulsion
formation methods and to preserve the stability of carriers in liquid media. The deposition of …

Exploring the world of rhamnolipids: A critical review of their production, interfacial properties, and potential application

E Guzmán, F Ortega, RG Rubio - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rhamnolipids are very promising sugar-based biosurfactants, generally produced by
bacteria, with a wide range of properties that can be exploited at an industrial and …

Microbial biosurfactant as an alternate to chemical surfactants for application in cosmetics industries in personal and skin care products: a critical review

A Karnwal, S Shrivastava… - BioMed Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cosmetics and personal care items are used worldwide and administered straight to the
skin. The hazardous nature of the chemical surfactant utilized in the production of cosmetics …

Biosurfactant, a green and effective solution for bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the aquatic environment

MA Zahed, MA Matinvafa, A Azari, L Mohajeri - Discover Water, 2022 - Springer
When pollutants like petroleum hydrocarbons as one of the major origins of aquatic
pollution, enter the environment, they alter the biological and/or physicochemical …

Characterisation of cytotoxicity and immunomodulatory effects of glycolipid biosurfactants on human keratinocytes

SA Adu, MS Twigg, PJ Naughton, R Marchant… - Applied Microbiology …, 2023 - Springer
Skin irritation and allergic reactions associated with the use of skincare products formulated
with synthetically derived surfactants such as sodium lauryl ether sulphate (SLES) have …

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 …

Biosurfactants: Forthcomings and regulatory affairs in food-based industries

D Sharma, D Singh, GM Sukhbir-Singh… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The terms discussed in this review—biosurfactants (BSs) and bioemulsifiers (BEs)—
describe surface-active molecules of microbial origin which are popular chemical entities for …

Phase behaviour, functionality, and physicochemical characteristics of glycolipid surfactants of microbial origin

K Sałek, SR Euston, T Janek - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Growing demand for biosurfactants as environmentally friendly counterparts of chemically
derived surfactants enhances the extensive search for surface-active compounds of …

High-quality physiology of Alcanivorax borkumensis SK2 producing glycolipids enables efficient stirred-tank bioreactor cultivation

T Karmainski, MRE Dielentheis-Frenken… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Glycine-glucolipid, a glycolipid, is natively synthesized by the marine bacterium Alcanivorax
borkumensis SK2. A. borkumensis is a Gram-negative, non-motile, aerobic, halophilic, rod …

Role of micellar nanoreactors in organic chemistry: Green and synthetic surfactant review

V Sorhie, B Gogoi, B Walling, SA Acharjee… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades surface active compounds in aqueous media have proven to be
the most benign alternative for overcoming the difficulty of insolubility and hydrolytic …