The Potentials of Biosurfactants as Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Viral Agents Against Covid-19: A Mini Review

Authors

  • IBRAHIM LAWAL Department of Microbiology, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Al-Qalam University Katsina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9576-1931
  • AMINU YUSUF FARDAMI Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Chemical and Life Science, UsmanuDanfodio University Sokoto, Sokoto State-Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8732-7182
  • SULEIMAN BELLO 3Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Science, UniversitiTechnologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7160-9433
  • AISHA HABIBU Department of Science Laboratory Technology, College of Science and Technology, Umaru Ali Shinkafi Polytechnic Sokoto, Sokoto State-Nigeria
  • ZAINAB MUHAMMAD SANUSI Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Chemical and Life Science, UsmanuDanfodio University Sokoto, Sokoto State-Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5431-9218

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56919/usci.1222.019

Keywords:

Biosurfactants,, Anti-inflammatory,, Anti-viral,, COVID-19,, Interleukins

Abstract

Infection due to strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS COV2) has grown to be of global public health significance. Biotechnology uses living organisms such as microbes to produce metabolites like biosurfactants. Biosurfactants are ampiphilic surface active biomolecules that were proven to have therapeutic function against some groups of microbes including viruses. They also have anti-inflammatory potential through their interaction with viral membranes and macromolecules to decrease cytosolic phospholipase A2, which is the beginning of an anti-inflammatory response, and are recognized structurally by toll-like receptors (TLR-2), which are released when neutrophils are stimulated. They can also play vital role in aiding the human body to have inflammatory response. The functional groups of biosurfactants interact with the viruses membrane structure. Some groups of biosurfactants cause physiochemical processes that render viruses inactive. Therefore it can generally be understood that biosurfactants destroy the virus's envelope and the viral membrane's structures. The principle behind biosurfactant’s anti viral property is due to the hydrophilic properties that are within the acetyl groups. Additionally, the hydrophobic properties of biosurfactant are also important in making it to have antiviral activity. These activities of biosurfactants against viruses make it to be potential anti-inflammatory and anti-viral agents against Covid-19. Therefore this paper is aimed to produce a mini review on the anti-inflammatory and anti-viral potential against Covid-19. And the review also highlights some of the desirable properties and benefits of biosurfactants as anti-corona viruses.

Author Biographies

AMINU YUSUF FARDAMI, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Chemical and Life Science, UsmanuDanfodio University Sokoto, Sokoto State-Nigeria

 

 

SULEIMAN BELLO, 3Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Science, UniversitiTechnologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

 

 

AISHA HABIBU, Department of Science Laboratory Technology, College of Science and Technology, Umaru Ali Shinkafi Polytechnic Sokoto, Sokoto State-Nigeria

 

 

ZAINAB MUHAMMAD SANUSI, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Chemical and Life Science, UsmanuDanfodio University Sokoto, Sokoto State-Nigeria

 

 

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IBRAHIM LAWAL, AMINU YUSUF FARDAMI, BELLO, S., HABIBU, A., & MUHAMMAD SANUSI, Z. (2022). The Potentials of Biosurfactants as Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Viral Agents Against Covid-19: A Mini Review. UMYU Scientifica, 1(2), 188–194. https://doi.org/10.56919/usci.1222.019

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