A comparative calorimetric and spectroscopic study of the effects of cholesterol and of the plant sterols β-sitosterol and stigmasterol on the thermotropic phase behavior and organization of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer membranes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1848, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1629-1638

  Mannock, David A ^a   Benesch, Matthew G K ^a   Lewis, Ruthven N A H ^a   McElhaney, Ronald N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassicasterol; Campesterol; Cholesterol; Sterol phospholipid interactions; tigmasterol; sitosterol

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; HYDROCARBON; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL; 7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; BRASSICASTEROL; CAMPESTEROL; GAMMA-SITOSTEROL; LIPID BILAYER; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHOLESTADIENOLS; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYTOSTEROLS; SITOSTEROLS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STIGMASTEROL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84929095640     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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