Surface Active Agents and Their Health-Promoting Properties: Molecules of Multifunctional Significance

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-foaming agents, lubricants, etc.) in a widerange of the consumer products of various industrial sectors (e.g., pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care, detergents, food, etc.). Given their widespread utilization, there is a continuously growing interest to explore their role in consumer products (relevant to promoting human health) and how such information can be utilized in order to synthesize better chemical derivatives. In this review article, weaimed to provide updated information on synthetic and biological (biosurfactants) SAAs and their health-promoting properties (e.g., anti-microbial, anti-oxidant, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and anti-aging) in an attempt to better define some of the underlying mechanism(s) by which they exert such properties.

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Marine-Derived Surface Active Agents: Health-Promoting Properties and Blue Biotechnology-Based Applications

Biomolecules ◽

10.3390/biom10060885 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 885 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ioannis Anestopoulos ◽

Despina-Evgenia Kiousi ◽

Ariel Klavaris ◽

Monica Maijo ◽

Annabel Serpico ◽

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Keyword(s):

Adverse Effect ◽

Molecular Weight ◽

Biomedical Applications ◽

Aquatic Organisms ◽

Biological Properties ◽

Review Article ◽

Surface Active Agents ◽

Health Promoting ◽

Surface Active ◽

Solid Water

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.

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Contrasting underlying mechanisms of different barrier coating types

TAPPI Journal ◽

10.32964/tj17.01.31 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (01) ◽

pp. 31-37

Author(s):

Bryan McCulloch ◽

John Roper ◽

Kaitlin Rosen

Keyword(s):

Food Packaging ◽

Underlying Mechanism ◽

Consumer Products ◽

Mechanical Degradation ◽

Design Rules ◽

Barrier Coatings ◽

Barrier Materials ◽

Barrier Coating ◽

Coating Type ◽

Underlying Mechanisms

Barrier coatings are used in applications including food packaging, dry goods, and consumer products to prevent transport of different compounds either through or into paper and paperboard substrates. These coatings are useful in packaging to contain active ingredients, such as fragrances, or to protect contents from detrimental substances, such as oxygen, water, grease, or other chemicals of concern. They also are used to prevent visual changes or mechanical degradation that might occur if the paper becomes saturated. The performance and underlying mechanism depends on the barrier coating type and, in particular, on whether the barrier coating is designed to prevent diffusive or capillary transport. Estimates on the basis of fundamental transport phenomena and data from a broad screening of different barrier materials can be used to understand the limits of various approaches to construct barrier coatings. These estimates also can be used to create basic design rules for general classes of barrier coatings.

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