Surface active agents (SAAs) are molecules with the capacity to adsorb to solid surfaces and/or fluid interfaces, a property that allows them to act as multifunctional ingredients (e.g., wetting and dispersion agents, emulsifiers, foaming and anti-foaming agents, lubricants, etc.) in a widerange of the consumer products of various industrial sectors (e.g., pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care, detergents, food, etc.). Given their widespread utilization, there is a continuously growing interest to explore their role in consumer products (relevant to promoting human health) and how such information can be utilized in order to synthesize better chemical derivatives. In this review article, weaimed to provide updated information on synthetic and biological (biosurfactants) SAAs and their health-promoting properties (e.g., anti-microbial, anti-oxidant, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and anti-aging) in an attempt to better define some of the underlying mechanism(s) by which they exert such properties.

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表面活性剂及其促进健康的特性：具有多功能意义的分子。


表面活性剂 (SAA) 是能够吸附到固体表面和/或流体界面的分子，这种特性使其能够充当多功能成分（例如润湿剂和分散剂、乳化剂、发泡剂和消泡剂、润滑剂）等）广泛应用于各个工业部门的消费品（例如药品、化妆品、个人护理品、洗涤剂、食品等）。鉴于它们的广泛用途，人们越来越有兴趣探索它们在消费品中的作用（与促进人类健康有关）以及如何利用这些信息来合成更好的化学衍生物。在这篇综述文章中，我们旨在提供有关合成和生物（生物表面活性剂）SAA 及其促进健康特性（例如抗微生物、抗氧化、抗病毒、抗炎、抗癌和抗衰老）的最新信息）试图更好地定义它们发挥这些特性的一些基本机制。