- (fat-loving, nonpolar) properties. Such a
compound is
called amphiphilic or
amphipathic.
Amphiphilic compounds include surfactants and detergents. The phospholipid...
-
extracellular environment.[citation needed] The
glycerophospholipids are
amphipathic molecules (containing both
hydrophobic and
hydrophilic regions) that...
-
lipid and
aqueous phases. The cell
membrane consists of
three classes of
amphipathic lipids: phospholipids, glycolipids, and sterols. The
amount of each depends...
- However,
because of
their detergent-like (
amphipathic) properties,
apolipoproteins and
other amphipathic molecules (such as phospholipids) can surround...
- In pharmacology, the
fibrates are a
class of
amphipathic carboxylic acids and esters. They are
derivatives of
fibric acid (phenoxyisobutyric acid). They...
- into a hierarchy. For example,
fibrates are a
chemical class of
drugs (
amphipathic carboxylic acids) that
share the same
mechanism of
action (PPAR agonist)...
-
Glyceryl octyl ascorbic acid (GO-VC) is an
amphipathic derivative of
vitamin C
consisting of two
ether linkages: a 1-octyl at
position 2 and a glycerin...
-
thought that the
bilayer also
develops a self-healing capacity. DPPC is an
amphipathic lipid. This
characteristic is due to its
hydrophilic head,
composed of...
-
proteins in
which a
lipid bilayer is
surrounded by
molecules that are
amphipathic molecules including proteins, peptides, and
synthetic polymers. It is...
- structures. In
order to do this,
these surface structures usually contain amphipathic properties. A
surface exposed alpha helix may have
nonpolar residues...
