Structure of stratum corneum lipids characterized by FT-Raman spectroscopy and DSC. III. Mixtures of ceramides and cholesterol

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-82

  Wegener, Matthias ^a   Neubert, Reinhard ^a   Rettig, Willi ^a   Wartewig, Siegfried ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Institute of Applied Dermatopharmacy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceramides; Cholesterol; DSC; Phase behaviour; Raman spectroscopy; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; STRATUM CORNEUM; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CERAMIDES; CHOLESTEROL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; SKIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 0030823940     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(97)00050-9     Document Type: Article

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