Table 1.

Potential applications of rhamnolipid in different industries

Industry	Application	Reference
Biomedical	Antimicrobial and/or antiviral agents	Cortés-Sánchez et al. (2013), Remichkova et al. (2008)
	Treatment of autoimmune disease	Piljac and Piljac (1995)
	Wound healing, treatment of gum disease and periodontal regeneration	Stipcevic et al. (2006)
	Treatment of ulcer	Piljac et al. (2008)
Environmental	Biodegradation of organic compounds	Maier and Soberón-Chávez (2000)
	Adsorption and composting of heavy metals	Fu et al. (2015)
	Environmental disinfection and cleaning	DeSanto (2012)
Cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries	Treatment of radiation burns	DeSanto (2011)
	Treatment of wrinkles and signs of ageing	Piljac and Piljac (2007)
	Used in antidandruff products, nail care products and toothpaste	Lourith and Kanlayavattanakul (2009)
Other industries	It is used in the food industry as a multipurpose ingredient as well as serving as a source of L-rhamnose and conditioning of food surfaces	Rikalović et al. (2015)
	In the agricultural industries, it is used for remediating agricultural soils, improving microbial plant interaction, improving plant nutrient absorption, as biopesticides and as antimicrobial agents for farm animals	Rikalović et al. (2015), Sekhon Randhawa and Rahman (2014)
	It is also used in nanotechnology for the formulation of microemulsion and synthesis of nanoparticles as well as in the formulations of drug delivery systems	Rikalović et al. (2015)