Influence of hydrophobic chain lengths of surfactant, co-surfactant, oil and different surfactant to co-surfactant ratios on phase behavior of Tween/alcohol/alkane/H2O was investigated with pseudo-ternary phase diagrams. The total areas of the microemulsion (ME) regions were determined. The largest ME region was formed when the ratio of surfactant: co-surfactant was 2 : 1 (w/w). The capacity fo...

The goal of the present study was to investigate the feasibility of using non-ionic surfactant vesicles as carriers for the sustained delivery of water soluble anti-cancer drug Capecitabine, used in the treatment of colorectal cancer. The niosomal formulations were prepared using various non-ionic surfactants (span 40, span 60, tween 40 and tween 60) in the presence of cholesterol, by thin film...

Lung cancer has the highest mortality rate as compared to other cancers. The anti-proliferative and antioxidant potential of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) Theaflavin -3,3’-digallate (TF3) can play a major role in treatment if delivered efficiently. To improve chemical stability medicinal EGCG TF3 respiratory tract, spanlastic is developed which composed Tween-80, Span-60, cholesterol encapsul...

A comparative study on both wild type and mutant of Pediococcus pentosaceus for dextransucrase activity, its stability, dextran synthesizing activity, antibiotic sensitivity and carbohydrate utilization was performed. The wild type P. pentosaceus had specific activity of 0.58 U/mg whereas the mutant showed that of 1.0 U/mg with 72% enhancement. The antibiogram of 27 antibiotics tested against m...

Introduction: Astaxanthin, a highly active oxidant, possesses potential effect on human health. However, with the oily characteristic, ability to disperse in an aqueous environment has limited its application. Therefore, aim of this study is fabrication stable astaxanthin emulsion water. Methods: In study, was fabricated using polysorbate (tween 60/80) or lecithin. The dispersing methods magnet...

In vitro studies of Chinese hamster sublines have indicated that cellular resistance to actinomycin D and daunomycin is predominantly due to decreased uptake of drug. Very probably, the alteration mediating resistance occurs in the external cell membrane. For substantiation of these previous findings, sensitive and resistant sublines were grown in the presence of graded concentrations of antibi...

The separation of mercury ions from artificially contaminated water by the foam fractionation process using a biosurfactant (surfactin) and chemical surfactants (SDS and Tween-80) was investigated in this study. Parameters such as surfactant and mercury concentration, pH, foam volume, and digestion time were varied and their effects on the efficiency of mercury removal were investigated. The re...

Background: Xanthomonas campestris is a biopolymer producing gram negative bacterium. Production of xanthan biopolymer can be affected by different extrinsic factors as well as surfactants. Hitherto, effects of nonionic surfactants on xanthan production have been studied in a limited number of articles.Objective: In the present study, nonionic surfactants...