Statins are a class of drugs used to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and are
amongst the most prescribed medications worldwide. Most statins work as a competitive …

Lipid rafts are condensed regions of cell membranes rich in cholesterol and sphingomyelin,
which constitute the target for anticholesterolemic drugs-statins. In this work, we use for the …

The effects of selected statins on the structure and properties of lipid membranes composed
of zwitterionic (1, 2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, DMPC, 1, 2-dimyristoyl-sn …

Cerivastatin belongs to the class of statins, drugs lowering blood cholesterol level by
inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase. The enzyme is located in the endoplasmic …

In this work, the effects of simvastatin (SIM),(2-hydroxypropyl)-β-cyclodextrin (HPβCD) and
their complex (SIM: HPβCD) on the structure and properties of lipid membranes were …

Cell membranes constitute the first barrier for the drugs on their way to the cell. Therefore,
their penetration determines the effectivity of the treatment and is defined by the drug-lipid …

The photophysical and nonlinear optical properties of Azophloxine in Reverse micelle (RM)
and dye-surfactant interaction were studied using Z-scan, spectrophotometer, and …

Dye-doped droplets are known as mixtures of dyes with uniform solutions of water droplets
in a continuous phase of oils with surfactants. To observe the relationship between water …

Simvastatin (Zocor) is one of the most prescribed drugs for reducing high cholesterol.
Although simvastatin is ingested in its inactive lactone form, it is converted to its active …

Lovastatin is a drug of the statin group which possesses the ability to decrease low-density
lipoprotein cholesterol level by the competitive inhibition of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl …