Sucrose ester microemulsions

Sucrose esters are biodegradable surfactants that can be manufactured in va rious hydrophilic-lipophilic properties using different fatty acids varying in their lipophilic chain length. These surfactants are used in different industries including pharmaceutical, food processing, detergents, agricultu ral and others. Few number of works had been done using sucrose esters in m icroemulsions In this review we tried to introduce the relevant works that enlighten the behavior of sucrose esters in phase diagrams prepared using d ifferent oils and medium chain alcohols. We hope that this review article can be an aid to those researchers interes ted in microemulsions based on sucrose esters and their applications. (C) 1 999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.