title: Astonishing diversity of natural surfactants: 3. Carotenoid glycosides and isoprenoid glycolipids.
abstract: Carotenoid glycosides and isoprenoid glycolipids are of great interest, especially for the medicinal, pharmaceutical, food, cosmetic, flavor, and fragrance industries. These biologically active natural surfactants have good prospects for the future chemical preparation of compounds useful as antimicrobial, antibacterial, and antitumor agents, or in industry. More than 300 unusual natural surfactants are described in this review article, including their chemical structures and biological activities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry and School of Pharmacy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. dvalery@cc.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: Valery M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Dembitsky
mesh_terms: D002338:Carotenoids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D014815:Vitamins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D006017:Glycolipids; D006027:Glycosides; D010636:Phenols; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D013729:Terpenes; D014815:Vitamins; D002338:Carotenoids