Effects of gemini surfactants on egg phosphatidylcholine bilayers in the fluid lamellar phase |
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Authors: | Dubnicková Martina Yaradaikin Sergej Lacko Ivan Devínsky Ferdinand Gordeliy Valentin Balgavý Pavol |
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Institution: | Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, 83232 Bratislava, Slovak Republic. |
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Abstract: | The influence of 1,4-butanediamonium-N,N'-dialkyl-N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl dibromides (CmA, m = 7-16 is the number of alkyl carbons) on the egg yolk phosphatidylcholine (EYPC) bilayer thickness and lipid surface area at the bilayer-aqueous phase interface is studied using X-ray diffraction on fluid lamellar CmA + EYPC + H2O phases as a function of CmA:EYPC and H2O:EYPC molar ratios and the alkyl chain length m. At the constant CmA:EYPC = 0.4 and H2O:EYPC = 18 molar ratios, the CmA induced bilayer thickness decrease shows a minimum and the lipid surface area increase a maximum at the alkyl chain length m = 9. The obtained results are discussed in the context of a structural perturbation model of the cut-off effect in biological potencies of surfactants which occurs when increasing the alkyl substituent chain length above the critical value. |
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