PMID- 32103896 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201029 LR - 20220413 IS - 1177-8881 (Electronic) IS - 1177-8881 (Linking) VI - 14 DP - 2020 TI - Potential Use of Microbial Surfactant in Microemulsion Drug Delivery System: A Systematic Review. PG - 541-550 LID - 10.2147/DDDT.S232325 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Microemulsions drug delivery systems (MDDS) have been known to increase the bioavailability of hydrophobic drugs. The main challenge of the MDDS is the development of an effective and safe system for drug carriage and delivery. Biosurfactants are preferred surface-active molecules because of their lower toxicity and safe characteristics when compared to synthetic surfactants. Glycolipid and lipopeptide are the most common biosurfactants that were tested for MDDS. The main goal of the present systematic review was to estimate the available evidence on the role of biosurfactant in the development of MDDS. SEARCH STRATEGY: Literature searches involved the main scientific databases and were focused on the period from 2005 until 2017. The Search filter composed of two items: "Biosurfactant" and/or "Microemulsion." INCLUSION CRITERIA: Twenty-four studies evaluating the use of biosurfactant in MDDS were eligible for inclusion. Among these 14 were related to the use of glycolipid biosurfactants in the MDDS formulations, while four reported using lipopeptide biosurfactants and six other related review articles. RESULTS: According to the output study parameters, biosurfactants acted as active stabilizers, hydrophilic or hydrophobic linkers and safety carriers in MDDS, and among them glycolipid biosurfactants had the most application in MDDS formulations. CONCLUSION: Synthetic surfactants could be replaced by biosurfactants as an effective bio-source for MDDS due to their excellent self-assembling and emulsifying activity properties. CI - (c) 2020 Ohadi et al. FAU - Ohadi, Mandana AU - Ohadi M AD - Pharmaceutics Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. FAU - Shahravan, Arash AU - Shahravan A AD - Endodontology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. FAU - Dehghannoudeh, Negar AU - Dehghannoudeh N AD - Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Eslaminejad, Touba AU - Eslaminejad T AD - Pharmaceutics Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. FAU - Banat, Ibrahim M AU - Banat IM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8964-2840 AD - Faculty of Life & Health Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine BT52 1SA, N. Ireland, UK. FAU - Dehghannoudeh, Gholamreza AU - Dehghannoudeh G AD - Pharmaceutics Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. AD - Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20200205 PL - New Zealand TA - Drug Des Devel Ther JT - Drug design, development and therapy JID - 101475745 RN - 0 (Drug Carriers) RN - 0 (Emulsions) RN - 0 (Glycolipids) RN - 0 (Lipopeptides) RN - 0 (Pharmaceutical Preparations) RN - 0 (Surface-Active Agents) SB - IM MH - Drug Carriers/chemistry MH - *Drug Delivery Systems MH - Emulsions MH - Glycolipids/chemistry MH - Humans MH - Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions MH - Lipopeptides/chemistry MH - Pharmaceutical Preparations/*administration & dosage/chemistry MH - Surface-Active Agents/*chemistry PMC - PMC7008186 OTO - NOTNLM OT - biosurfactant OT - drug delivery systems OT - lipopeptide OT - microemulsion OT - systematic review glycolipid COIS- The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work. EDAT- 2020/02/28 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/30 06:00 PMCR- 2020/02/05 CRDT- 2020/02/28 06:00 PHST- 2019/09/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/01/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/02/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/02/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/02/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 232325 [pii] AID - 10.2147/DDDT.S232325 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Drug Des Devel Ther. 2020 Feb 5;14:541-550. doi: 10.2147/DDDT.S232325. eCollection 2020.