The impact of biosurfactants on microbial cell properties leading to hydrocarbon bioavailability increase

E Kaczorek, A Pacholak, A Zdarta, W Smułek - Colloids and Interfaces, 2018 - mdpi.com
The environment pollution with hydrophobic hydrocarbons is a serious problem that requires
development of efficient strategies that would lead to bioremediation of contaminated areas …

Surface activity and foaming properties of saponin-rich plants extracts

I Góral, K Wojciechowski - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2020 - Elsevier
Saponins are amphiphilic glycosidic secondary metabolites produced by numerous plants.
So far only few of them have been thoroughly analyzed and even less have found industrial …

Recent progress and future prospects on aqueous foams stabilized based on clay minerals

F Duan, Y Zhu, B Mu, A Wang - Applied Clay Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Aqueous foams are widely used in food, pharmaceuticals and daily chemicals because of its
green, safety, convenience and non-toxicity. Usually, aqueous foams are stabilized with …

Salicylic Acid Improves the Salt Tolerance Capacity of Saponaria officinalis by Modulating Its Photosynthetic Rate, Osmoprotectants, Antioxidant Levels, and Ion …

L Xu, H Chen, T Zhang, Y Deng, J Yan, L Wang - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Salicylic acid (SA) plays an important role in regulating salt stress tolerance in plants.
However, there are no studies on the effect of exogenous SA on Saponaria officinalis under …

Antibacterial and Photocatalytic Properties of ZnO Nanoparticles Obtained from Chemical versus Saponaria officinalis Extract-Mediated Synthesis

MA Tănase, M Marinescu, P Oancea, A Răducan… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the present work, the properties of ZnO nanoparticles obtained using an eco-friendly
synthesis (biomediated methods in microwave irradiation) were studied. Saponaria …

Plant extracts containing saponins affects the stability and biological activity of hempseed oil emulsion system

M Jarzębski, P Siejak, W Smułek, F Fathordoobady… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this study, two saponins-rich plant extracts, viz. Saponaria officinalis and Quillaja
saponaria, were used as surfactants in an oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion based on hempseed …

Pharmacological overview of hederagenin and its derivatives

X Huang, QK Shen, HY Guo, X Li… - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Hederagenin is a pentacyclic triterpenoid isolated from plants and widely distributed in a
variety of medicinal plants. By integrating and analyzing external related literature reports …

[HTML][HTML] Co-interaction of nitrofurantoin and saponins surfactants with biomembrane leads to an increase in antibiotic's antibacterial activity

W Smułek, M Rojewska, A Pacholak… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Limited bioavailability of antibiotics is an urgent problem in the treatment of microbial
infections. To increase transport of nitrofurantoin (NFT) into the bacterial cells the proposed …

A comprehensive study of the sources, extraction methods and structures of the Saponin compounds for its antidiabetic activity

MU Afzal, M Pervaiz, A Ejaz, E Bajwa, S Naz… - Biocatalysis and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Diabetes mellitus is the most chronic endocrine disease characterized by the high level of
glucose in the body due to the complete inhibition or low level of insulin. To control the level …

Degradation of benzo [a] pyrene in the soil enhanced by soapwort: The role of soapwort and functional microbial community

D Yao, N Wang, W Dai, Y Liu, K Tian, H Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The limited bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils poses a
challenge for their biodegradation. We hypotheses soapwort (Saponaria officinalis L.) as a …