“…Following the initial work by Sa and coauthors, ,, as curiosity around amino acids grew for their potential as benign bioadditives for gas hydrate research, their unique structural makeup, a mix of both hydrophilic and hydrophobic function groups, drew particular attention owing to the high degree of similarity with the chemical structure of surfactants, traditionally the most used class of KHPs. In addition to being toxic synthetic chemicals, the use of surfactants also poses a problem of excessive foam generation, especially during hydrate dissociation, making these additives difficult to handle and unviable for repeat utilization. − Biosurfactants such as Surfactin, which have been proposed to circumvent the issue of chemical toxicity, are cumbersome to produce and present the same challenge of foam generation as conventional synthetic surfactants. , Thus, there was an urgent need to identify a class of additives that may be able to replace synthetic surfactants as competent KHPs, enduring across various gas hydrate systems and engaging through a clean mode of operation (no foam formation), in addition to being inherently ecofriendly and nontoxic entities. As we see in the upcoming sections, amino acids (hydrophobic ones in particular) fit the bill perfectly in this regard, delivering the desired kinetic promotion performance through a clean mode of action, i.e., with no accompanying foam generation whatsoever.…”