Phospholipids are hydrophilic thanks to their polar phosphate group “heads” and hydrophobic thanks to their nonpolar “tails” comprising fatty acid chains. “We found that the GaN architecture of our ...

Phospholipids are therefore classified as amphipathic molecules as a result of the presence of both hydrophilic and hydrophobic components. When the phospholipid bilayer cellular membrane is ...

“Every cell in the human body is surrounded by a membrane made up of phospholipids. They are composed of a hydrophilic (water-attracting) "head" containing a phosphate group and two hydrophobic ...

The transport of phospholipids and lipid-linked oligosaccharides (LLO) is particularly difficult to achieve due to the bipolar nature of the lipid bilayer -- hydrophobic interior, hydrophilic surface.

(2) The phospholipids and lipid bilayer The phospholipids, a generic term for lipids with phosphate esters, have hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts. They are not soluble in water by themselves ...

Surprising Antibacterial Activity and Selectivity of Hydrophilic Polyphosphoniums Featuring Sugar and Hydroxy Substituents. Angewandte Chemie International Edition , 2018; DOI: 10.1002/anie.201806412 ...

Pulmonary surfactant phospholipids form monolayers and multilayers that reduce surface tension in the alveolus to negligible levels, thereby stabilizing the alveoli and maintaining lung volumes at ...