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Is there a synergistic effect of plant surfactants and antibiotics against bacterial cells?

2020/39/B/NZ9/03196

Keywords:

transport proteins cell membrane phospholipids toxicity saponins

Descriptors:

  • NZ9_008:
  • NZ9_011:
  • NZ9_013:

Panel:

NZ9 - Fundamentals of applied life sciences and biotechnology: agricultural, forestry, horticulture, animal production and fishery, food and nutrition sciences, industrial biosciences, environmental biotechnology and remediation

Host institution :

Politechnika Poznańska, Wydział Technologii Chemicznej

woj. wielkopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Ewa Kaczorek 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 13

Call: OPUS 20 - announced on 2020-09-15

Amount awarded: 1 544 030 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2021-09-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2025-08-31

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (8)
  1. Quillaja and Sapindus saponins influence on effect on solubilization of Polymyxin B peptide antibiotic in aqueous solutions
    Authors:
    W. Smułek, A. Makiej, A. Marcinkowska, E. Kaczorek
    Academic press:
    Journal of Molecular Liquids (rok: 2024, tom: 395, strony: 123944), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.molliq.2023.123944 - link to the publication
  2. Study of Interactions between Saponin Biosurfactant and Model Biological Membranes: Phospholipid Monolayers and Liposomes
    Authors:
    M. Rojewska, W. Smułek, A. Grzywaczyk, E. Kaczorek, K. Prochaska
    Academic press:
    Molecules (rok: 2023, tom: 28, strony: 1965), Wydawca: MDPi
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/molecules28041965 - link to the publication
  3. From proton transfer to ionic liquids: How isolated domains of ion pairs grow to form extended network in diphenyl phosphate-bis(2-ethylhexyl) amine mixtures
    Authors:
    P. Calandra , P. Caputo, C. O. Rossi, M. Kozak , M. Taube, M. Pochylski, J. Gapinski
    Academic press:
    Journal of Molecular Liquids (rok: 2024, tom: 399, strony: 124402), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.molliq.2024.124402 - link to the publication
  4. Study of Interactions between Saponin Biosurfactant and Model Biological Membranes: Phospholipid Monolayers and Liposomes
    Authors:
    M. Rojewska, W. Smułek, A. Grzywaczyk, E. Kaczorek, K. Prochaska
    Academic press:
    Molecules (rok: 2023, tom: 28, strony: 1965), Wydawca: MDPi
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/molecules28041965 - link to the publication
  5. Thermodynamic Consideration of the Solid Saponin Extract Drop–Air System
    Authors:
    A. Grzywaczyk, W. Smułek, E. Kaczorek, A. Zdziennicka, B. Jańczuk
    Academic press:
    Molecules (rok: 2023, tom: 28, strony: 4943), Wydawca: MDPi
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/molecules28134943 - link to the publication
  6. Agar composites containing Zinc zeolite infused with Quillaja saponins exhibit improved structural properties and anti-Candida activity
    Authors:
    W. Smułek, M. Ratajczak, A. Patalas, A. Voelkel, E. Kaczorek, M. Sandomierski
    Academic press:
    Environmental Technology & Innovation (rok: 2023, tom: 32, strony: 103278), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.eti.2023.103278 - link to the publication
  7. Quillaja and Sapindus saponins influence on effect on solubilization of Polymyxin B peptide antibiotic in aqueous solutions
    Authors:
    W. Smułek, A. Makiej, A. Marcinkowska, E. Kaczorek
    Academic press:
    Journal of Molecular Liquids (rok: 2024, tom: 395, strony: 123944), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.molliq.2023.123944 - link to the publication
  8. Nanofiltered saponin-rich extract of Saponaria officinalis – Adsorption and aggregation properties of particular fractions
    Authors:
    A. Grzywaczyk, W. Smułek, A. Zgoła-Grześkowiak, E. Kaczoreka, A. Zdziennicka, B. Jańczuk
    Academic press:
    Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (rok: 2023, tom: 661, strony: 130937), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.colsurfa.2023.130937 - link to the publication