INCORPORATION OF (3R,3'R) ZEAXANTHIN IN DIPALMITOYL PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE VESCICLES - CIRCULAR-DICHROISM ANALYSIS
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 292 (21) , 1125-1128
Abstract
The organization of carotenoids in biological membranes was investigated by monitoring by circular dichroism the incorporation of (3R, 3''R) zeaxanthin in small unilamellar vesicles of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC). For ratios zeaxanthin/phospholipid > 1/30, a drastic circular dichroism increase indicates the existence of a new type of interaction between zeaxanthin and DPPC.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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