A review on biosurfactants: properties, applications and current developments

Markande, Anoop R.; Patel, Divya D.; Varjani, Sunita

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124963

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“…Natural biosurfactants are one such natural product that is also reportedly capable of blocking the oxidative chain reaction flow by rendering the antioxidant activities. Hence, they also can effectively impede the elevation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS); hence, they could be highly useful for therapeutic purposes against cancer and the cure of heart-related diseases and neurodegenerative diseases [ 168 ]. Likewise, they were also highly instrumental in manufacturing probiotics, bio preservatives, and food ingredients [ 169 ].…”

Section: Biosurfactant Application In Pharmaceutical Industriesmentioning

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Microbial Biosurfactant: A New Frontier for Sustainable Agriculture and Pharmaceutical Industries

Kumar

Singh

Kant³

et al. 2021

Antioxidants

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In the current scenario of changing climatic conditions and the rising global population, there is an urgent need to explore novel, efficient, and economical natural products for the benefit of humankind. Biosurfactants are one of the latest explored microbial synthesized biomolecules that have been used in numerous fields, including agriculture, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food processing, and environment-cleaning industries, as a source of raw materials, for the lubrication, wetting, foaming, emulsions formulations, and as stabilizing dispersions. The amphiphilic nature of biosurfactants have shown to be a great advantage, distributing themselves into two immiscible surfaces by reducing the interfacial surface tension and increasing the solubility of hydrophobic compounds. Furthermore, their eco-friendly nature, low or even no toxic nature, durability at higher temperatures, and ability to withstand a wide range of pH fluctuations make microbial surfactants preferable compared to their chemical counterparts. Additionally, biosurfactants can obviate the oxidation flow by eliciting antioxidant properties, antimicrobial and anticancer activities, and drug delivery systems, further broadening their applicability in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Nowadays, biosurfactants have been broadly utilized to improve the soil quality by improving the concentration of trace elements and have either been mixed with pesticides or applied singly on the plant surfaces for plant disease management. In the present review, we summarize the latest research on microbial synthesized biosurfactant compounds, the limiting factors of biosurfactant production, their application in improving soil quality and plant disease management, and their use as antioxidant or antimicrobial compounds in the pharmaceutical industries.

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Section: Biosurfactant Application In Pharmaceutical Industriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Microbial Biosurfactant: A New Frontier for Sustainable Agriculture and Pharmaceutical Industries

Kumar

Singh

Kant³

et al. 2021

Antioxidants

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“…Biosurfactants are gaining popularity due to their remarkable advantages over synthetic ones—low toxicity, biodegradability, efficacy over a broad pH and temperature range are just a few to name [ 5 – 7 ]. As a result, it is now used in a wide range of fields, including environmental [ 8 – 10 ], food [ 11 , 12 ], remediation [ 13 ], biomedical [ 14 – 16 ], and a variety of other commercial applications [ 17 – 20 ]. The different feedstocks used, benefits, applications, and drawbacks of biosurfactants are depicted in Fig.…”

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A critical review on various feedstocks as sustainable substrates for biosurfactants production: a way towards cleaner production

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The quest for a chemical surfactant substitute has been fuelled by increased environmental awareness. The benefits that biosurfactants present like biodegradability, and biocompatibility over their chemical and synthetic counterparts has contributed immensely to their popularity and use in various industries such as petrochemicals, mining, metallurgy, agrochemicals, fertilizers, beverages, cosmetics, etc. With the growing demand for biosurfactants, researchers are looking for low-cost waste materials to use them as substrates, which will lower the manufacturing costs while providing waste management services as an add-on benefit. The use of low-cost substrates will significantly reduce the cost of producing biosurfactants. This paper discusses the use of various feedstocks in the production of biosurfactants, which not only reduces the cost of waste treatment but also provides an opportunity to profit from the sale of the biosurfactant. Furthermore, it includes state-of-the-art information about employing municipal solid waste as a sustainable feedstock for biosurfactant production, which has not been simultaneously covered in many published literatures on biosurfactant production from different feedstocks. It also addresses the myriad of other issues associated with the processing of biosurfactants, as well as the methods used to address these issues and perspectives, which will move society towards cleaner production.

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“…Currently, numerous microbial strains of bacteria, fungi, and yeast have been reported for the efficient production of biosurfactants. However, the quality and quantity of biosurfactants depend on several factors, including the type of microorganism, media supplements, nature of the substrate, and different intrinsic and extrinsic factors at the time of microbial culture growth [15,16]. The selection of microbial strain is the primary step of biosurfactant production.…”

Section: Microorganism and Biosurfactantsmentioning

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“…Natural biosurfactants are one such natural product that are also reportedly capable of blocking the oxidative chain reaction flow by rendering the antioxidant activities. Hence, they also can effectively impede the elevation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS); hence could be highly useful for therapeutic purposes against cancer and the cure of diseases related to heart and neurodegenerative diseases [176]. Likewise, they were also highly instrumental in manufacturing the probiotic, bio preservative, and food ingredients [177].…”

Section: Antioxidant Properties Of Biosurfactantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Microbial Biosurfactant: A New Frontier for Sustainable Agriculture and Pharmaceutical Industries

Kumar¹,

Singh²,

Kant³

et al. 2021

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In the current scenario of changing climatic conditions and rising global population, there is always a need to explore novel, efficient, and economical natural products for the benefit of human kind. Biosurfactant is one of the latest explored microbial biomolecules that have been used in numerous fields, including agriculture, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food processing, and environment-cleaning industries as raw material, lubrication, wetting, foaming softening, making emulsions, and stabilizing dispersions. The amphiphilic nature of biosurfactant biomolecules showed great advantage, distributing themselves into two immiscible surfaces by reducing interfacial surface tension and increasing the solubility of hydrophobic compounds. Furthermore, their eco-friendly nature, low or even no toxic nature, durability at higher temperatures, and wide range of pH fluctuations making the microbial surfactants preferable compared to their chemical counterparts. Additionally, the biosurfactants can obviate the oxidation flow by eliciting the antioxidant property, antimicrobial, anticancer activity, and drug delivery system, further broadening their applicability in the food, pharmaceutical, and pharma industries. Nowadays, biosurfactant has been broadly utilized to improve the soil quality by improving the concentration of trace elements and mixed with pesticides or applied singly on the plant surfaces for plant disease management. In the present review, we summarise the latest aspect of microbial synthesized biosurfactant compounds, limiting factors of biosurfactant production, and their application in improving soil quality, plant disease management.

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A review on biosurfactants: properties, applications and current developments

Cited by 218 publications

References 120 publications

Microbial Biosurfactant: A New Frontier for Sustainable Agriculture and Pharmaceutical Industries

Microbial Biosurfactant: A New Frontier for Sustainable Agriculture and Pharmaceutical Industries

A critical review on various feedstocks as sustainable substrates for biosurfactants production: a way towards cleaner production

Microbial Biosurfactant: A New Frontier for Sustainable Agriculture and Pharmaceutical Industries

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