creators_name: Cameotra, Swaranjit Singh
creators_name: Makkar, R S
type: article
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title: Recent applications of biosurfactants as biological and immunological molecules.
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subjects: QR
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abstract: The interest in microbial biosurfactants has steadily increased during the past decade. In addition to the classical application as emulsifiers of hydrocarbons, they can be used in environmental protection, crude-oil recovery, food-processing industries and in various fields of biomedicine. Biosurfactants have several advantages over chemical surfactants including lower toxicity and higher biodegradability, and are likely to become molecules of the future in areas such as biomedicine and therapeutics. Here, we discuss the role and applications of biosurfactants (mainly glycolipids and lipopeptides) focusing on medicinal and therapeutic perspectives.
date: 2004-06
date_type: published
publication: Current opinion in microbiology
volume: 7
number: 3
publisher: Elsevier Science
pagerange: 262-6
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1369-5274
official_url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15196493
related_url_url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15196493
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citation:   Cameotra, Swaranjit Singh and Makkar, R S  (2004) Recent applications of biosurfactants as biological and immunological molecules.  Current opinion in microbiology, 7 (3).  pp. 262-6.  ISSN 1369-5274     
document_url: http://crdd.osdd.net/open/952/1/swaranjit2004.pdf