Biosurfactants: Properties and Applications in Drug Delivery, Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology

Surfactants are amphiphilic compounds having hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties in their structure. They can be of synthetic or of microbial origin, obtained respectively from chemical synthesis or from microorganisms’ activity. A new generation of ecofriendly surfactant molecules or biobased surf...

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Main Authors: Thiago R. Bjerk, Patricia Severino, Sona Jain, Conrado Marques, Amélia M. Silva, Tatiana Pashirova, Eliana B. Souto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Bioengineering
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/8/8/115