Surfactants are surface-active, amphiphilic compounds that are water-soluble in the micro-to
millimolar range, and self-assemble to form micelles or other aggregates above a critical …

The interaction of small molecules with lipid membranes and the exact knowledge of their
binding site and bilayer distribution is of great pharmacological importance and represents …

Recent research has provided an abundance of new information on membrane
biochemistry. Now more than ever, it is essential to update our current understanding of …

To investigate the structural basis for the antioxidative effects of plant flavonoids on the lipid
molecules of cellular membranes, we have studied the location and distribution of five …

Proton NMR spectroscopy has proven useful in the detection of cancer in lymph node tissue.
However, due to the high fat content of this type of tissue, 2D 1H COSY measurements …

The cross-peaks between lipid resonances in two-dimensional nuclear Overhauser
enhancement spectroscopy 1H NMR spectra, recorded with magic-angle spinning, contain …

The location of an ethanol molecule within a membrane, an issue of considerable
controversy, was investigated directly by NMR with two-dimensional NOESY. Lipid and …

Quantification of magnetization-transfer (MT) experiments is typically based on a model
comprising a liquid pool “a” of free water and a semisolid pool “b” of motionally restricted …

Hypothesis Although solubilization of lipid membranes has been studied extensively,
questions remain regarding the structural pathways and metastable structures involved. This …

Location and dynamic reorientation of the fluorophore 7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1, 3-diazol-4-yl
(NBD) covalently attached to a short (C6) or a long (C12) sn2 acyl chain of a …