TY - JOUR
T1 - Microbial biosurfactant
T2 - A new frontier for sustainable agriculture and pharmaceutical industries
AU - Kumar, Ajay
AU - Singh, Sandeep Kumar
AU - Kant, Chandra
AU - Verma, Hariom
AU - Kumar, Dharmendra
AU - Singh, Prem Pratap
AU - Modi, Arpan
AU - Droby, Samir
AU - Kesawat, Mahipal Singh
AU - Alavilli, Hemasundar
AU - Bhatia, Shashi Kant
AU - Saratale, Ganesh Dattatraya
AU - Saratale, Rijuta Ganesh
AU - Chung, Sang Min
AU - Kumar, Manu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Antioxidant
KW - Biosurfactants
KW - Critical micelle concentration (C.M.C.)
KW - Microorganism
KW - Plant disease management
KW - Soil quality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114904896&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/antiox10091472
DO - 10.3390/antiox10091472
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85114904896
SN - 2076-3921
VL - 10
JO - Antioxidants
JF - Antioxidants
IS - 9
M1 - 1472
ER -