The chemical toxic benzo[a]pyrene perturbs the physical organization of phosphatidylcholine membranes

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 787-793

  Jiménez, María ^a   Aranda, Francisco J ^a   Teruel, J Antonio ^a   Ortiz, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene; Differential scanning calorimetry; Infrared spectroscopy; Lipid membranes; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CARBONYLATION; CARCINOGENS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GELS; HYDRATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPIDS; MEMBRANES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHAIN LENGTHS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DISTEAROYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; MEMBRANE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HYDRATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WATER PERMEABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BENZO(A)PYRENE; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CARCINOGENS; CELL MEMBRANE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0036556330     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2002)021<0787:TCTBAP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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