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Effects of solute concentration on the entrapment of solutes in phospholipid vesicles prepared by freeze-thaw extrusion.

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  • 1. Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin 55912.
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    • Chapman CJ 1
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Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 01 Dec 1991, 60(2):201-208
https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-3084(91)90042-a PMID: 1814642 

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Phospholipid vesicles prepared by the freeze-thaw extrusion method contain internal solute concentrations which are much higher than the external values (entrapment ratios much greater than 1). This concentrating effect is a complex function of the total impermeant solute concentration in the medium used to prepare vesicles, the presence or absence of permeant solutes in the medium and the apparent competitive binding interactions between solutes and phospholipid. Increases in water phase solute concentration during freezing are thought to underlie the concentrating phenomenon, while osmotic pressure driven lysis of vesicles during thawing appears to limit its magnitude. By judicious selection of solute concentration and physical properties, further increases in the entrapment ratio should be obtainable, improving the usefulness of these vesicles as drug delivery vesicles and experimental systems.

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