Biosurfactants: potential applications in medicine.

By Lígia R. Rodrigues, I. Banat, José Teixeira, Rosário Oliveira. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2006

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Rhamnolipids as biosurfactants from renewable resources: Concepts for next-generation rhamnolipid production (2012, background): “Biosurfactants can be produced using renewable feedstocks and are completely biodegradable [4–8].”
Biosurfactant: Production and Application (2012, background): “[23] demonstrated that pre-coating vinyl urethral catheter by running the surfactin solution through them before inoculation with media resulted in the decrease in the amount of -biofilm formed by Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella enterica, E.”
Biosurfactant-Producing Lactobacilli: Screening, Production Profiles, and Effect of Medium Composition (2011, background): “Biosurfactants are surface-active compounds synthesized by microorganisms with pronounced surface and emulsifying activities [1, 2].”
Microbial biosurfactants production, applications and future potential (2010, background): “…produced within bacterial communities, including secreted signalling molecules or surface-active biosurfactants, could also interfere with biofilm formation, modulating microbial interaction with interfaces (Neu 1996; Federle and Bassler 2003; Rasmussen and Givskov 2006; Rodrigues et al. 2006a).”
Production and applications of trehalose lipid biosurfactants (2010, background): “Furthermore, biosurfactants are generally considered safer than synthetic pharmaceuticals, due to their biological origin [70].”
Glycerol valorization: New biotechnological routes (2009, background): “, 1991), as therapeutic agents (Rodrigues et al., 2006), agricultural use, food industry (Nitschke and Costa, 2007) and personal care (Banat et al.”
Enhanced production of biosurfactant by a marine bacterium on statistical screening of nutritional parameters (2008, background): “[6] L.”
Biosurfactants: A General Overview (2011, background): “Presently, the vast majority of surfactants used are synthetic; however, in light of their unique chemical characteristics, biosurfactants have been recognized for their potential utility in many applications in a number of recent reviews, e.g., (Bonmatin et al. 2003; Desai and Banat 1997; Kosaric 2”
Optimization and characterization of biosurfactant production by Bacillus subtilis isolates towards microbial enhanced oil recovery applications (2013, background): “These compounds are considered powerful biosurfactants [22], and can be used by the petroleum industry in MEOR processes and bioremediation [2], as well as by many other industries such as the biomedical industry as therapeutic agents [19,20].”
Resazurin-based 96-well plate microdilution method for the determination of minimum inhibitory concentration of biosurfactants (2016, neutral): “Research into the biomedical properties of biosurfactants has shown that these compounds demonstrate potency as antimicrobial agents (Rodrigues et al. 2006).”
The Future of Biologic Coatings for Orthopaedic Implants (2013, background): “Recent studies have reported a new generation of anti-adhesive, antimicrobial coatings that are biosurfactants and microbial amphiphilic compounds [86,87].”