Bicontinuous cubic phase: A model for investigating the effects on a lipid bilayer due to a foreign substance

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-164

  Engblom, Johan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atone; Bicontinuous cubic; Biological effects; Glycerol monooleate; Lipid bilayer; Partition

Indexed keywords

DRUG VEHICLE; GLYCEROL OLEATE; LAUROCAPRAM; MEMBRANE LIPID; WATER;

ARTICLE; LIPID BILAYER; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; GLYCERIDES; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 0030596010     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(96)02633-3     Document Type: Article

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