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

Antioxidants

Arpan Modi¹  Ajay Kumar¹  Samir Droby¹  Dharmendra Kumar²  Prem Pratap Singh²  Sandeep Kumar Singh²  Shashi Kant Bhatia³  Hemasundar Alavilli⁴  Hariom Verma⁵  Chandra Kant⁶  Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale⁷  Mahipal Singh Kesawat⁸  Manu Kumar⁹  Sang-Min Chung⁹  Rijuta Ganesh Saratale^1,10 

[1] Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani Center, Department of Postharvest Science, Rishon Lezzion 50250, Israel;Centre of Advance Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India;Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea;Department of Bioresources Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea;Department of Botany, B.R.D. Government Degree College, Sonbhadra, Duddhi 231218, India;Department of Botany, Dharma Samaj College, Aligarh 202001, India;Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University, Seoul 10326, Korea;Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Sri Sri University, Cuttack 754006, India;Department of Life Science, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University, Seoul 10326, Korea;Research Institute of Biotechnology and Medical Converged Science, Dongguk University, Seoul 10326, Korea;

关键词: biosurfactants;    critical micelle concentration (C.M.C.);    antioxidant;    microorganism;    soil quality;    plant disease management;   

DOI  :  10.3390/antiox10091472

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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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