title: Fluorocarbon/lecithin emulsions: identification of EYP-coated fluorocarbon droplets and fluorocarbon-empty vesicles by freeze-fracture electron microscopy.
abstract: Freeze-fracture has been used to examine perfluorodecalin/egg yolk phospholipid emulsions (70:8, w/v%) destined to be used as injectable oxygen carriers. The fluorocarbon displays a specific granular aspect upon freeze-fracture which makes it readily recognizable and allows the distinction between two populations of objects on the micrographs: fluorocarbon droplets and water-filled lipid vesicles.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire, U.R.A. CNRS, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Postel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rolland
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Krafft
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Riess
mesh_terms: D004530:Egg Yolk; D004655:Emulsions; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000737:chemistry*; D005614:Freeze Fracturing; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004655:Emulsions; D005466:Fluorocarbons; D010743:Phospholipids; C008805:perfluorodecalin