FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (8): 525-529.

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Research Progress of Production and Application Research of Sophorolipids

 CHEN  Jing, ZHANG  Yun-Rui, SONG  Xin   

  1. 1.College of Food and Biologic Engineering, Shandong Institute of Light Industry, Jinan 250100, China; 2.State Key Laboratory of Microbiol Technology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
  • Online:2007-08-15 Published:2011-10-24

Abstract: Sophorolipids are a kind of biosurfactants produced by some microorganisms. They have many excellent physical and chemical properties promising for their potential applications in many aspects. The progress of their production and application research especially in food industries, oil industries, environmental protection and pharmaceutical activities was reviewed in this paper.

Key words: sophorolipids, production, application, progress of research