Amino acid surfactants yog ib yam tshiab ntawm ntsuab thiab ib puag ncig tus phooj ywg surfactant tau los ntawm cov biomass tauj dua tshiab, sawv cev rau kev hloov kho los ntawm cov tshuaj surfactants. Amino acid surfactants tsis tsuas yog muaj ntau cov khoom siv biomass, tsis muaj tshuaj lom thiab cov kev mob tshwm sim, kev ua haujlwm me me, tsis tshua muaj khaus, thiab zoo biodegradability, tab sis lawv cov txheej txheem tsim tawm kuj tseem ntsuab. Tsis tas li ntawd, lawv cov emulsifying zoo heev, ntub dej, solubilizing, dispersing, thiab foaming zog yog qhov nyiam heev thiab tau siv ntau yam xws li tshuaj ntxuav tes, tu tus kheej, thiab kev lag luam khoom noj.
Amino acid surfactants yog ntsev (sodium ntsev, poov tshuaj ntsev, triethanolamine ntsev) ntawm cov amino acids (xws li glutamic acid thiab glycine) los ntawm txiv maj phaub roj (los yog roj laurel los yog xibtes roj) uas muaj foaming thiab detergency - tshem tawm muaj peev xwm. Raws li tsis muaj zog acidic amino acid surfactants, lawv tus nqi pH nyob ze rau ntawm tib neeg cov tawv nqaij. Txij li cov amino acids yog lub tsev tsim cov proteins, cov surfactants no maj mam thiab tawv nqaij - tus phooj ywg, ua rau lawv muaj kev nyab xeeb rau kev siv txawm tias cov tawv nqaij rhiab heev.