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Review3 Biotech2024

Cutting-edge perspectives on biosurfactants: implications for antimicrobial and biomedical applications.

Kashish Gupta, Varun Kumar Sharma

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Review in 3 Biotech, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

2 authors.

Kashish GuptaDepartment of Biotechnology & Microbiology, School of Sciences, Noida International University-NIU, Sector-17 A, Yamuna Expressway, Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh 201308 India.
Varun Kumar SharmaDepartment of Biotechnology & Microbiology, School of Sciences, Noida International University-NIU, Sector-17 A, Yamuna Expressway, Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh 201308 India.ORCID 0000-0001-8575-6939

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biosurfactants, naturally produced by plants and microorganisms, closely mimic synthetic surfactants in physiochemical properties, making them valuable alternatives in various applications. They serve as antimicrobial agents and play a crucial role in immune regulations. These compounds find wide use in industries like food processing, biodegradation, pharmaceuticals, and naturally present in the skin, brain, lungs, and gut, maintaining membrane permeability for organ health. This review outlines the basic characteristics and classes of biosurfactants (glycolipids, lipopeptides, phospholipids, and glycoproteins) and explores their biomedical importance, emphasizing their anti-adhesive, antimicrobial, and immune-modulating properties. This review aimed to provide outline the fundamental characteristics of biosurfactants and deliver a brief overview of their different classes, including glycolipids, lipopeptides, phospholipids, and glycoproteins. Furthermore, this review also explore their biomedical significance, highlighting their anti-adhesive, antimicrobial, and immune-modulating properties.

Indexed as

Anti-adhesiveAnti-microbialBiomedicineBiosurfactantsSurfactant proteins

Identifiers

PMID39539528
PMCPMC11554964

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