BIOMASS DERIVED SURFACE-ACTIVE COMPOSITIONS AND PRODUCTS
Described herein are novel glycolipid surface-active compositions, products of, and methods of making the same.
1 . A surface-active composition comprising two or more compounds of Formula (I): H—(X) n —Y—R1, wherein:
R1 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 18 alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted C 2 -C 18 alkenyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted C 2 -C 18 heteroalkyl,
Y is oxygen or N—R2,
R2 is independently hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted —C(═O)—C 1 -C 17 alkyl,
X is independently a reducing saccharide residue comprising xylose and/or arabinose,
n is an integer of 2 to 8,
wherein at least one compound of the two or more compounds is different from another compound of the two or more compounds.
2 . The surface-active composition of claim 1 , wherein the reducing saccharide residue further comprises glucose.
3 . The surface-active composition of claim 1 , wherein Y is bound to an anomeric carbon of a first reducing saccharide residue of (X) n .
4 . The surface-active composition of claim 1 , wherein compounds of at least 60% of the MS peak area obtained from LC-MS responses of the surface-active composition is assigned to compounds with an n of 2 to 8.
5 . The surface-active composition of claim 2 , wherein a first plurality of compounds of the two or more compounds is H-(xylose) n -Y—R1, and wherein a second plurality of compounds of the two or more compounds is H-(glucose) n -Y—R1.
6 . The surface-active composition of claim 5 , wherein a ratio of the first plurality of compounds to the second plurality of compounds is at least 99:1.
7 . The surface-active composition of claim 5 , wherein a ratio of the first plurality of compounds to the second plurality of compounds is at least 95:5.
8 . The surface-active composition of claim 5 , wherein a ratio of the first plurality of compounds to the second plurality of compounds is at least 90:10.
9 . The surface-active composition of claim 5 , wherein a ratio of the first plurality of compounds to the second plurality of compounds is at least 80:20.
10 .- 15 . (canceled)
16 . The surface-active composition of claim 5 , wherein a ratio of the first plurality of compounds to the second plurality of compounds is at least 10:90.
17 . The surface-active composition of claim 5 , wherein a ratio of the first plurality of compounds to the second plurality of compounds is at least 5:95.
18 . The surface-active composition of claim 5 , wherein a ratio of the first plurality of compounds to the second plurality of compounds is at least 1:99.
19 . The surface-active composition of claim 1 , wherein Y is N—R2.
20 . The surface-active composition of claim 19 , wherein R1 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 18 alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted C 8 -C 18 alkenyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted C 2 -C 18 heteroalkyl.
21 . (canceled)
22 . The surface-active composition of claim 5 , wherein the first plurality of compounds comprises xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) and/or wherein the second plurality of compounds comprises cello-oligosaccharide (COS).
23 . (canceled)
24 . The surface-active composition of claim 1 , wherein the surface-active composition comprises monosaccharide.
25 . (canceled)
26 . A personal care product, or a home care product, comprising the surface-active composition of claim 1 and a topically acceptable excipient.
27 . The personal care product, or a home care product, of claim 26 , wherein the personal care product, or the home care product, is an emulsion, a lotion, a gel, or a cream.
28 . The personal care product, or the home care product, of claim 26 , wherein the personal care product, or the home care product, is a water-in-oil emulsion containing the surface-active composition.
29 . The personal care product, or the home care product, of claim 26 , wherein the personal care product, or the home care product, is an oil-in-water emulsion containing the surface-active composition.
30 .- 51 . (canceled)
52 . The surface-active composition of claim 1 , wherein X is independently a reducing saccharide residue comprising xylose and arabinose.