Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) is a phospholipid (and a lecithin) consisting of two C 16 palmitic acid groups attached to a phosphatidylcholine head-group. It is the main constituent of …

Two major pathways for the biosynthesis of the major surface-active lipid of lung, dipalmitoyl lecithin, have been described and the relative activities of each pathway in mammalian lung …

Since dipalmitoyl lecithin (DPL) has been shown to be the major, active component of pulmonary surfactant,16 17 measurement of lung lipids have been used to assess changes in pulmonary …

Failure of maturation of these systems can result in inadequate synthesis of total lecithins or in a selective deficiency of dipalmitoyl lecithin, an essential component of sur- factant....

2023年11月22日 · Phosphatidylcholine is a major component of lecithin, a yellow-brown fatty substance found in egg yolk, organ meats, nuts, and spinach. Although lecithin contains …

2018年6月5日 · consists primarily of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC), or lecithin synthesized by type II pneumocytes ↓ alveolar surface tension → ↓ collapsing pressure on …

lecithin, mainly dipalmitoyl lecithin, which is particularly effective in lowering surface tension (6, 9, 19). In the lung unusually large amounts of lecithin containing saturated fatty

The C resonances of the glycerol and choline groups of dipalmitoyl-lecithin in CDOD, CDCl, and DO have been assigned from the N–C and P–C coupling constants, and proton decoupling …

Phase transition in lipid bilayer. The effect of more than ninety lipid-soluble compounds on the phase transition behavior of dl -α-dipalmitoyl lecithin bilayer has been examined by differential …

2019年10月23日 · Pulmonary surfactant composition and Laplace’s formula are explained. In a paragraph on cerebral oedema, we noted the function of cytidine diphosphocholine, a …