PMID- 33324849 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240330 IS - 2470-1343 (Electronic) IS - 2470-1343 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 48 DP - 2020 Dec 8 TI - Characterization and Cytotoxic Effect of Biosurfactants Obtained from Different Sources. PG - 31381-31390 LID - 10.1021/acsomega.0c04933 [doi] AB - In this work, five biosurfactant extracts, obtained from different sources, all of them with demonstrated antimicrobial properties, were characterized and subjected to a cytotoxic study using mouse fibroblast cells (NCTC clone 929). Biosurfactant extracts obtained directly from corn steep water (CSW) showed similar surfactant characteristics to those of the extracellular biosurfactant extract produced by Bacillus isolated from CSW and grown in tryptic soy broth, observing that they are amphoteric, consisting of viscous and yellowish liquid with no foaming capacity. Contrarily, cell-bound biosurfactant extracts produced from Lactobacillus pentosus or produced by Bacillus sp isolated from CSW are nonionic, consisting of a white powder with foaming capacity. All the biosurfactants possess a similar fatty acid composition. The cytotoxic test revealed that the extracts under evaluation, at a concentration of 1 g/L, were not cytotoxic for fibroblasts (fibroblast growth > 90%). The biosurfactant extract obtained from CSW with ethyl acetate, at 1 g/L, showed the highest cytotoxic effect but above the cytotoxicity limit established by the UNE-EN-ISO10993-5. It is remarkable that the cell-bound biosurfactant produced by L. pentosus, at a concentration of 1 g/L, promoted the growth of the fibroblast up to 113%. CI - (c) 2020 American Chemical Society. FAU - Rodriguez-Lopez, Lorena AU - Rodriguez-Lopez L AD - EQ10 Group, CINTECX, Department Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Vigo-University of Vigo, Campus As Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain. FAU - Lopez-Prieto, Alejandro AU - Lopez-Prieto A AD - EQ10 Group, CINTECX, Department Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Vigo-University of Vigo, Campus As Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain. FAU - Lopez-Alvarez, Miriam AU - Lopez-Alvarez M AD - New Materials Group, CINTECX, IISGS, Department Applied Physics, University of Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo 36310, Spain. FAU - Perez-Davila, Sara AU - Perez-Davila S AD - New Materials Group, CINTECX, IISGS, Department Applied Physics, University of Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo 36310, Spain. FAU - Serra, Julia AU - Serra J AD - New Materials Group, CINTECX, IISGS, Department Applied Physics, University of Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo 36310, Spain. FAU - Gonzalez, Pio AU - Gonzalez P AD - New Materials Group, CINTECX, IISGS, Department Applied Physics, University of Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo 36310, Spain. FAU - Cruz, Jose Manuel AU - Cruz JM AD - EQ10 Group, CINTECX, Department Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Vigo-University of Vigo, Campus As Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain. FAU - Moldes, Ana B AU - Moldes AB AD - EQ10 Group, CINTECX, Department Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Vigo-University of Vigo, Campus As Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201124 PL - United States TA - ACS Omega JT - ACS omega JID - 101691658 PMC - PMC7726928 COIS- The authors declare no competing financial interest. EDAT- 2020/12/17 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/17 06:01 PMCR- 2020/11/24 CRDT- 2020/12/16 05:38 PHST- 2020/10/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/11/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/16 05:38 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/17 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/11/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1021/acsomega.0c04933 [doi] PST - epublish SO - ACS Omega. 2020 Nov 24;5(48):31381-31390. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.0c04933. eCollection 2020 Dec 8.