Sterol chemical configuration and conformation influence the thermotropic phase behaviour of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine mixtures containing 5β-cholestan-3β- and -3α-ol
Keywords: DSC; differential scanning calorimetry; FTIR; Fourier-transform infrared; Chol; cholesterol; Echol; epicholesterol; DPPC; dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine; 5β-H,3β-ol; 5β-cholestan-3β-ol; 5β-H,3α-ol; 5β-cholestan-3α-ol; Tmshp; chain-melting phase tr