Marine-Derived Surface Active Agents: Health-Promoting Properties and Blue Biotechnology-Based Applications [PDF]
Biomolecules, 2020 Surface active agents are characterized for their capacity to adsorb to fluid and solid-water interfaces. They can be classified as surfactants and emulsifiers based on their molecular weight (MW) and properties.
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Surface Active Agents and Their Health-Promoting Properties: Molecules of Multifunctional Significance [PDF]
Pharmaceutics, 2020 Surface active agents (SAAs) are molecules with the capacity to adsorb to solid surfaces and/or fluid interfaces, a property that allows them to act as multifunctional ingredients (e.g., wetting and dispersion agents, emulsifiers, foaming and anti ...
Ioannis Anestopoulos +7 more
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Occurrence of Surface Active Agents in the Environment [PDF]
Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry, 2014 Due to the specific structure of surfactants molecules they are applied in different areas of human activity (industry, household). After using and discharging from wastewater treatment plants as effluent stream, surface active agents (SAAs) are emitted ...
Ewa Olkowska +2 more
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Marinobacter sp. from marine sediments produce highly stable surface-active agents for combatting marine oil spills [PDF]
Microbial Cell Factories, 2017 Background The application of chemical dispersants as a response to marine oil spills is raising concerns related to their potential toxicity also towards microbes involved in oil biodegradation.
Noura Raddadi +3 more
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Role of Surface Active Agents in Transferosome for Systemic Drug Delivery [PDF]
Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Pharmaceutical SciencesThe recent utilization of transferosomes (a type of vesicular drug-carrier system) has shown promising results in enhancing the transport of drugs through the skin when administered topically.
Mohsin Hussein Abdulameer +2 more
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Physicochemical properties, cytotoxicity and penetration into dentinal tubules of sodium hypochlorite with and without surfactants [PDF]
Restorative Dentistry & Endodontics, 2020 ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to assess the physicochemical properties, cytotoxicity and penetration into dentinal tubules of ChlorCid™ Surf (3% sodium hypochlorite [NaOCl] with surfactant) in comparison to ChlorCid™ (3% NaOCl without surfactant ...
Hernán Coaguila-Llerena +5 more
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MICROBIAL SURFACE-ACTIVE SUBSTANCES AS ANTIADHESIVE AGENTS [PDF]
Biotechnologia Acta, 2016 The literature data of recent years about capacity of biosurfactants synthesized by bacteria (Pseudomonas, Lactobacillus, Bacillus) and fungi (Candida, Trichosporon, Saccharomyces) not only to avert the adhesion of microorganisms on the different ...
T. P. Pirog +2 more
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Surface temperature measurements of active lava flows on Kilauea volcano, Hawai'i. [PDF]
, 2002 Systematic hand-held radiometer measurements of lava surface temperatures in active flows and tubes on Kilauea volcano, Hawai′i reveal complexities that cannot be resolved in remotely sensed data from aircraft or satellites.
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021 Surfactants are a group of amphiphilic chemical compounds (i.e., having both hydrophobic and hydrophilic domains) that form an indispensable component in almost every sector of modern industry.
Christina Nikolova, Tony Gutierrez
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Comparison of Respiratory Outcomes between Less Invasive Surfactant Administration and the Intubation-Surfactant-Extubation Technique in Premature Infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome [PDF]
Neonatal Medicine, 2020 Purpose To compare respiratory outcomes between less invasive surfactant administration (LISA) and the intubation-surfactant-extubation (INSURE) technique in premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Methods We performed a retrospective
Hye Seon Kim +7 more
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