In vitro determination of the solubility limit of cholesterol in phospholipid bilayers

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 199, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-10

  Epand, Richard M ^a   Bach, Diana ^b   Wachtel, Ellen ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cholesterol crystals

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; LIPID BILAYER;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GRAZING INCIDENCE X RAY DIFFRACTION; HYDRATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID SOLUBILITY; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; PROCEDURES; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84979790858     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: 18732941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2016.06.006     Document Type: Article

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