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ReviewBiotechnology letters2021

Surfactants: physicochemical interactions with biological macromolecules.

M Aguirre-Ramírez, H Silva-Jiménez, I M Banat, M A Díaz De Rienzo

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Review in Biotechnology letters, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
11.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 174 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

M Aguirre-Ramírez *Departamento de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
H Silva-Jiménez *Área de Oceanografía Química, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
I M BanatSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland, UK.
M A Díaz De RienzoSchool of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building 10.05C, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK. m.a.diaz@ljmu.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1586-0666
Liverpool John Moores University · GBUniversidad Autónoma de Baja California · MXUniversidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez · MXUniversity of Ulster · GB

Funding

Liverpool John Moores University ECR Fellowship 2018-2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macromolecules are essential cellular components in biological systems responsible for performing a large number of functions that are necessary for growth and perseverance of living organisms. Proteins, lipids and carbohydrates are three major classes of biological macromolecules. To predict the structure, function, and behaviour of any cluster of macromolecules, it is necessary to understand the interaction between them and other components through basic principles of chemistry and physics. An important number of macromolecules are present in mixtures with surfactants, where a combination of hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions is responsible for the specific properties of any solution. It has been demonstrated that surfactants can help the formation of helices in some proteins thereby promoting protein structure formation. On the other hand, there is extensive research towards the use of surfactants to solubilize drugs and pharmaceuticals; therefore, it is evident that the interaction between surfactants with macromolecules is important for many applications which includes environmental processes and the pharmaceutical industry. In this review, we describe the properties of different types of surfactants that are relevant for their physicochemical interactions with biological macromolecules, from macromolecules-surfactant complexes to hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions.

Indexed as

Chemical PhenomenaProteinsSurface-Active AgentsHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsStatic ElectricityProteinsSurface-Active AgentsBiological systemsMacromoleculesMolecular interactionsSurfactants

Identifiers

PMID33534014
PMCPMC7872986
OpenAlexW3127975357

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