Lipid-porphyrin vesicles: Morphology and O2 binding in aqueous medium

Eishun Tsuchida*, Teruyuki Komatsu, Kenji Arai, Hiroyuki Nishide

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Abstract

Amphilphilic tetraphenylporphin derivatives having four dialkylglycerophosphocholine groups on the ring plane (lipid-porphyrins) form spherical unilamellar vesicles of diameter ca. 100 nm in water; the vesicles composed of lipid-porphyrinatoiron(II)-1-dodecylimidazole (DIm), can bind dioxygen reversibly in aqueous medium.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)730-732
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1993

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine

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