TY - JOUR
T1 - Marine-Derived Surface Active Agents: Health-Promoting Properties and Blue Biotechnology-Based Applications
AU - Anestopoulos, Ioannis
AU - Kiousi, Despina-Evgenia
AU - Klavaris, Ariel
AU - Maijo, Monica
AU - Serpico, Annabel
AU - Suarez, Alba
AU - Salek, Karina
AU - Sanchez, Guiomar
AU - Chasapi, Stylliani
AU - Zompra, Aikaterini
AU - Galanis, Alex
AU - Spyroulias, Georgios A.
AU - Gombau, Lourdes
AU - Euston, Stephen Robert
AU - Pappa, Aglaia
AU - Panagiotidis, Mihalis I.
PY - 2020/6/9
Y1 - 2020/6/9
N2 - 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. Over the years, the chemical surfactant industry has been rapidly increasing to meet consumer demands. Consequently, such a boost has led to the search for more sustainable and biodegradable alternatives, as chemical surfactants are non-biodegradable, thus causing an adverse effect on the environment. To these ends, many microbial and/or marine-derived molecules have been shown to possess various biological properties that could allow manufacturers to make additional health-promoting claims for their products. Our aim, in this review article, is to provide up to date information of critical health-promoting properties of these molecules and their use in blue-based biotechnology (i.e., biotechnology using aquatic organisms) with a focus on food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical/biomedical applications.
AB - 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. Over the years, the chemical surfactant industry has been rapidly increasing to meet consumer demands. Consequently, such a boost has led to the search for more sustainable and biodegradable alternatives, as chemical surfactants are non-biodegradable, thus causing an adverse effect on the environment. To these ends, many microbial and/or marine-derived molecules have been shown to possess various biological properties that could allow manufacturers to make additional health-promoting claims for their products. Our aim, in this review article, is to provide up to date information of critical health-promoting properties of these molecules and their use in blue-based biotechnology (i.e., biotechnology using aquatic organisms) with a focus on food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical/biomedical applications.
KW - Antiinflammatory
KW - Anti‐aging
KW - Anti‐cancer
KW - Anti‐microbial
KW - Anti‐oxidant
KW - Anti‐viral
KW - Biosurfactants
KW - Blue biotechnology
KW - Emulsification
KW - Surface active agents
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086323776&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/biom10060885
DO - 10.3390/biom10060885
M3 - Article
C2 - 32526944
SN - 2218-273X
VL - 10
JO - Biomolecules
JF - Biomolecules
IS - 6
M1 - 885
ER -