Structure, phase behaviour and membrane interactions of N-acylethanolamines and N-acylphosphatidylethanolamines

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-279

  Swamy, Musti J ^a   Tarafdar, Pradip K ^a   Kamlekar, Ravi Kanth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

31P NMR; Binary phase diagram; Brewster angle microscopy; Differential scanning calorimetry; FAB MS; Langmuir film balance; Lipid bilayer; Lipid domains; Lipid miscibility; Monolayer; Non lamellar phase; Spin label ESR; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MEMBRANE LIPID; N ACYLETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; N ACYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MONOLAYER; MISCIBILITY; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ETHANOLAMINES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 77049104857     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2010.01.002     Document Type: Review

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