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Astonishing diversity of natural surfactants: 3. Carotenoid glycosides and isoprenoid glycolipids
Author(s) -
Dembitsky Valery M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/s11745-005-1415-z
Subject(s) - terpenoid , glycoside , chemistry , antimicrobial , glycolipid , carotenoid , organic chemistry , food science , biochemistry
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.