ABSTRACT
Employing a multidisciplinary approach to phospholipid research, this work catalogues the current knowledge of this class of molecules and details the general, chemical, physical and structural properties of phospholipid monolayers and bilayers. Phospholipid applications are also covered.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1
General and Chemical Properties
chapter 5|44 pages
Chemical Preparation of Sphingosine and Sphingolipids
A Review of Enantioselective Syntheses
part 2|393 pages
Physical and Structural Properties
chapter 12|53 pages
Lipid Polymorphism
Structure and Stability of Lyotropic Mesophases of Phospholipids
part 3|166 pages
Biological Aspects