Francisco Comelles

TL;DR: The use of mixtures of miscible solvents (e.g. dimethylsulfoxide and 2-methyl-2-butanol) as a general strategy to acylate enzymatically hydrophilic substrates is proposed and it is observed that decreasing the hydrophobicity of the medium can be substantially enhanced.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new method of fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (FABMS) was used to probe molecular structure for the detection of extracellular surface active agents from the culture broth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 44T1 strain.

TL;DR: In this article, enzymes were used to synthesize di-and trisaccharide-based surfactants with critical micelle concentration (CMC) values in the range 2−250 µm with surface tension values ranging from 24.5 to 36.5 µm.

TL;DR: It was concluded that the hydrophobicity is a negative parameter for the toxicity and biodegradability of the surfactants.

TL;DR: It is found that tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol fatty acid esters are relevant surfactants when the right hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) is attained and, in some cases, as efficient as emulsifiers commonly used in industry, such as Brij 30 or Tween 20.