title: Production and Biomedical Applications of Probiotic Biosurfactants.
abstract: Biosurfactants have been widely used for environmental and industrial applications. However, their use in medical field is still limited. Probiotic biosurfactants possess an immense antimicrobial, anti-adhesive, antitumor, and antibiofilm potential. Moreover, they have an additional advantage over conventional microbial surfactants because probiotics are an integral part of normal human microflora and their biosurfactants are innocuous to human. So, they can be effectively exploited for medicinal use. Present review is aimed to discourse the production and biomedical applications of probiotic biosurfactants.
authors.affiliation: Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. neelaahmad@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Anila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fariq
authors.affiliation: Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Ayesha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saeed
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D019936:Probiotics / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D013501:Surface-Active Agents