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ReviewRSC advances2023

A comprehensive review on production of bio-surfactants by bio-degradation of waste carbohydrate feedstocks: an approach towards sustainable development.

Wasefa Begum, Bidyut Saha, Ujjwal Mandal

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Review in RSC advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Microorganisms · 2026
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  3. Biosurfactant Produced byMicroorganisms · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wasefa BegumDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Burdwan Golapbag West Bengal 713104 India umandal@chem.buruniv.ac.in bsaha@chem.buruniv.ac.in.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6178-4599
Bidyut SahaDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Burdwan Golapbag West Bengal 713104 India umandal@chem.buruniv.ac.in bsaha@chem.buruniv.ac.in.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6711-0763
Ujjwal MandalDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Burdwan Golapbag West Bengal 713104 India umandal@chem.buruniv.ac.in bsaha@chem.buruniv.ac.in.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9506-7942
University of Burdwan · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advancement of science and technology demands chemistry which is safer, smarter and green by nature. The sustainability of science thus requires well-behaved alternates that best suit the demand. Bio-surfactants are surface active compounds, established to affect surface chemistry. In general, microbial bio-surfactants are a group of structurally diverse molecules produced by different microbes. A large number of bio-surfactants are produced during hydrocarbon degradation by hydrocarbonoclistic microorganisms during their own growth on carbohydrates and the production rate is influenced by the rate of degradation of carbohydrates. The production of such biological surfactants is thus of greater importance. This write up is a dedicated review to update the existing knowledge of inexpensive carbohydrate sources as substrates, microorganisms and technologies of biosurfactant production. This is an economy friendly as well as sustainable approach which will facilitate achieving some sustainable development goals. The production is dependent on the fermentation strategies, different factors of the microbial culture broth and downstream processing; these all have been elaborately presented in this article.

Identifiers

PMID37649573
PMCPMC10463011
OpenAlexW4386263069

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