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    • Role of nicotinic acid as modulator of liposomal microviscosity

      M Chatterjee R Basu P Nandy

      Volume 15 Issue 3 September 1990 pp 145-148

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    • Keywords

       

      Nicotinic acid; phospholipid; fluidity; phase transition

    • Abstract

       

      Using the fluorescent probe 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5 hexatriene, we have investigated the effect of nicotinic acid, a derivative of the toxic alkaloid nicotine, on the fluidity profile and activation energy of diffusion in the liposomal system of several lipids. We have also studied how the fluidizing property of nicotinic acid affects the intermediate fluid condition induced by cholesterol in these liposomal systems

    • Author Affiliations

       

      M Chatterjee1 2 R Basu1 P Nandy1

      1. Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Calcutta - 700 032, India
      2. Guha Institute of Biochemistry, 55/5 Purna Das Road, Calcutta - 700 029, India

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      Published
      September 1990

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